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A couple months ago a mountain lion walked to the Gourmet Ghetto, Berkeley's hip neighborhood, full of restaurants. Unfortunately cops shot the animal instead of sedating her.
There is a hard to describe expression on people's face after they shared a minute with Lynda Barry at her book signing event.
The woman in the bus didn't know that I could understand Turkish. Her phone conversation was fun to listen to "Ben domuz etini çok severim yerim diyor. Parasini orospulara yatiran bir adam..." (He says "I love pig meat I eat pig meat. He is a guy who invests his money in prostitues.) [assuming that he is Muslim, he is not supposed to eat pig meat] "Hayir! Karsiliksiz çek yazmasin. Cok büyük suc" (No way! She shouldn't write a bad check. It is a big crime here.)
How many times do you get surprised in one day?
our heater sounds like a very loud dial-up internet connection.
"Yeah I told him blah blah" 2 dogs + 1 cell phone and she was buckles in! It reminded me people eating high calorie desert with Diet Coke
if you can try to live in another country for a while... every tiny detail becomes visible "uh look at that!"
That's my mama's lipstick
"But you promised" The little boy at the coffee shop was experiencing one of the early disappointments I wanted to say him welcome
"I can't believe you did that" "yes" "I loved it" "I can make one for you" "Uhm, No... Thanks..." can he wear a shiny shirt with flowers on it? can he?
"Damn!" It was not fun to realize that I misremember the date of my flight from Istanbul to Atlanta...
"A bomb!" "No!.. It is not!" My friends thought that it was a bomb. Unfortunately it was... Four people were injured.
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