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[alan_shore]

Reply here and I'll confess something to you, about you.

Self-involved enough to involve yourself?

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[strangers_call]

Generally I refrain from a situation like this unless I have a general idea of the outcome. Here, I've got nothin', which is mildly terrifying.

[alan_shore]

I have rarely been so charmed as I was when you described your affection for Sandburg.

How was your birthday?

[strangers_call]

Really? He's amazing, and always makes me cry, you should really read him.

My navel was very nice, thank you very much. I went to a spa, lost at cards. Thank you for the gift.

[alan_shore]

Tears. An excellent selling point.

You're welcome, of course, and "gift" is a gross exaggeration. I'm glad you partook of at least one activity your bellybutton could appreciate.

[strangers_call]

Better then rabies. I mean lock jaw is serious bidness.

It's the thought that counts! Oh yes it had a nice time. How have you been, Alan? Your client still MIA?

[alan_shore]

Whose poetry causes that?

Yes, fortunately for him as he's shot to the top of the 10 People I Most Want to Throttle list.

[strangers_call]

Any poet who's come in recent contact with a rabid dog. I once had a seizure after reading Jim Morrison poetry, does that count?

Well that's good, relatively, it's good for you and him of course. All of life's problems should go away so easily.

[alan_shore]

Did you really. You ought to've read the jacket copy first; I imagine it's a fairly common side effect.

Indeed. What a stroke of luck.

Did you watch the game?

[strangers_call]

To be fair they were a pretty regular occurrence back then. Ha, I can see the inside jacket now, it reads like a list of the rock stars of the side effects world.

Some people have it!

Which one? The one where they dominated the Sharks or the first one against the Flyers?

[alan_shore]

Forgive me. That was thoughtless.

The most recent one. (Does "the one where they dominated the Sharks" really narrow it down?) The victory you owe to your goalie.

[strangers_call]

What? No it wasn't, forgettaboutit.

It's true! We swept the Sharks, really a hockey team in San Jose? Niemi is kind of a big deal.

[alan_shore]

A little bit, yes.

Show some respect. They did do you the favor of ousting Detroit.

[strangers_call]

I don't even remember what I am saying non-sense too but I am saying it again.

Oh please, we're not scared of Detroit! Ooo so they won last year, big deal. Jordan ain't scared!

[alan_shore]

Ah, the Denny Crane method of argumentation.

Fine, fine. Just the same, imagine having to play there.

[strangers_call]

I can help it, I'm not very good with conflict. Denny Crane, is he your friend?

Having driven through there, I really wouldn't want to stop to do anything there.

[alan_shore]

He is.

Is that your playoff beard? It's coming along nicely.