April 2010
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Diana: I should've had a banana, but I've had almost _three_ bananas today.
Joey: [blank stare]
Diana: I've had two bananas today.
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Mind if I Borrow the Muse?
I once named a short story character Stephen Daedalus.
“Stephen,” because it was generic. I just pulled it out of a hat.
“Daedalus” because he tried to fly—well, tried to jump off a building—and I thought “Icarus” was just too much.
Then, in a one-on-one meeting about my story, the professor went on and on about how clever my allusion to James...