Me: That was fantastic. I woke up thinking about you in the shower. You: Good good. Me: Let me know when to come over. I have a feeling you’re gonna need another one. And then it happens, the most dreaded response in the world, more terse than any word, more withholding than a no, and strictly verboten for someone as in love with language and me as you claim to be. You: K I get the dreaded K and I ask Ethan to fill in for me for the rest of the day but he can’t. The day doesn’t go by and I’m losing it and I’m looking at pictures of you and losing my patience with customers and I close early
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