Anodyne
Saturday, October 27, 2007
 
Star People

On the express bus:

K: So, are all those other bookstores in the neighborhood stealing business from you?

CJB: Not really. I think of it more as a sharks-and-remoras kind of thing.

K: How about [COMPETITOR'S NAME]?

CJB: He was in the other day. [Loose approximation of competitor's voice] "If I didn't have porn I wouldn't be doin' any business at all!"

K: And [COMPETITOR Y]?

CJB: Mostly I just feel relief. I go by on the bus and see all these guys I've kicked out. "Oh, hey! There's George, yammering on about his short-wave radio and the space people."

GUY IN THE SEAT BEHIND US: Do you have friends in California?

K & CJB: Eh?

GITSBU: Warn them. In six days there'll be a rain of smoke, and ash. Waves of mud. And an angel- -

K: I thought you were kidding!

CJB: Lots of people do, at first.

GITSBU: I've faxed Arnie! And the Red Cross!

K: You're a weirdness magnet.

CJB: Yes, it always comes as a surprise.
- posted by cjb @ 6:55 PM


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