Right now I'm only thinking of the Tom non-stories. These go like this: You get to wherever you're hanging out -- Tom and Krista's house, a bar, the kitchen of 3034 Hickory Road, a hospital room. You start to talk to Tom about something. I couldn't tell you what about, but it's got a real hook in you. Dinner comes and goes, the ballgame turns uninteresting, it's getting really late, but still you're talking, grabbing another beer, talking. The time comes when there's a definitive break in conversation. One topic has exhausted itself, and both of you take a little pause. Probably time to get to bed. You breathe in and out, check your watch, and think to yourself, boy, it's sure been one nice, lazy evening. Only strange thing, though: you feel like your pulse is up. His too.
Screw it. "So what the hell do you make of what's going on in Iran?"
--Pack
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Andrew: Hey Chop, whose side are you on in this whole jihad thing?
ReplyDeleteChop (watching baseball): ... the A's... yeah, the Oakland A's, definitely.
As for Tom non-stories, I think Pack's imitation of Tom's shoulder shrug was absolutely awesome. Just about everyone relates to that in an instant.