“Today was absolutely horrific. I just need to go relax with a cup of tea and a true-murder podcast.”
Small Talk
“So now I guess I’ll have to meet your friends.”
Small Talk
Small Talk
“Wait, all the screaming, and cheering, and swearing—you’ve been faking liking football the whole time?”
Small Talk
“Sir, your sitting here and drinking coffee while simply musing is making our guests uncomfortable.”
Small Talk
“I can’t believe I waited this long to get a financial-support animal.”
Small Talk
“I wrote, self-published, and remaindered it myself.”
Small Talk
Small Talk
“I begged you not to drink all that blood. Now you’ll just have to hold it until sunset.”
Small Talk
“ … and the sales call was coming from inside the house!”
Small Talk
“We took the Atlantic.”
Small Talk
“I never remember, do you brine before or after you get attached to him?”
Small Talk
“He’s got the ball, he’s at the 30, the 20, the 10, he’s running past the end zone, he’s leaving the stadium, he’s meeting his wife at the train station, they’re getting on the 3:27 to Hudson Station and buying a small home near the Catskills, they’re raising a family, they’re watching their kids grow old, he’s getting sick, he passes away peacefully in his sleep, he’s at his funeral—and folks—it’s a beautiful ceremony! What a game!”
Small Talk
“Sometimes I feel like all we have left is our top-flight education, our generational wealth, and our secure place in the business-world boys’-club network.”
Small Talk
“Let me guess—you stayed late at your buddy’s place helping him with a, quoth, poem.”
Small Talk
“Today’s special is a blue-foot turkey leg cured in pine-needle juice, served with willow-bark home fries and wild honey mushrooms in a burnt corn sauce.”
Small Talk
Small Talk
Small Talk
“Table three needs ketchup.”
Small Talk
“Of course I still love you. It’s just that after all these years your pheromones stimulate my desire to read.”
Small Talk
“I assure you, Chuck is completely stable—no need to question his sanity. Nope, perfectly fine. Better than fine—great! Chuck’s doing great. Now onto the quarterly report.”
Small Talk
“Stand back, give him air.”
Small Talk
“I went to a school in Boston.”
Small Talk
“The next downtown local train has entered a rift in the space-time continuum, and will arrive in 3027.”
