the middle part of the conversation
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003
R: So anyway, how are you?
A: Fine, fine – wait, is this going to end up on Yatima?
R: What? Why?
A: I read Yatima, I know how you …change things.
R: I do not change things! Well, maybe I edit.
A: You do. You condense.
R: Yeah, exactly. The Reader’s Digest version. I optimize for the funny.
A: Yeah. You put a whole lot of things together. To make it sound better.
R: And to make it sound like I’m popular… wait a minute, is that sad?