Friday, February 06, 2009

Carrots, top slide of beef and tearing.

1. 'I'm going to have a Weight Watchers carrot cake,' says Katie, pulling the packet of tiny slices out of her desk drawer.
'I'm going to have a carrot,' I respond piously.

2. The butcher says he forgets about the glass curve on the counter and lets peoples' meat slide off the front.

3. Ripping canvas off a frame is very satisfying. It tears off in strips, pulling the staples with it.

Strategies, with other editors and purple tissue.

1. Soft voice from under his hoodie, telling me about Yahtzee strategies and tactics. 2. Lunch with coffee and editorial chatter -- we lay o...