Quick quotes
First, an exchange from lunch the other day (co-workers anonymized for their protection). We'd been talking about business-class air travel, in the context of a trip to London. These are not exact quotes.
Me: So what's the difference between first-class and business class? Are they the same thing under different names?
Co-worker 1: No, first-class is better. They give you ... [she casts about for a moment to come up with an example] ... sex!
[general laughter]
Co-worker 2 [who was apparently only half-listening]: Yeah, when you fly Virgin—
That was about as far as that conversation went.
Entirely unrelatedly, went and sat in the park with Kam this afternoon to read subs. (Kam was doing photo editing. I'm sure we looked very cute, in a geeky sort of way, sitting back to back with our matching PowerBook G4s.) Every so often one of the park's sleek black squirrels would wander close for a minute, eye us with one beady little eye, then hop off. Kam noted: "There never has been a superhero called . . . THE SQUIRREL!"
(It turns out there have been a couple of superheroes with squirrel-related names: The Savage Squirrel, Secret Squirrel, etc. Still, I like the idea.)
