Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Cold Cuts

Some people collect coins, some prowl the Internet for vintage guitars; I know a woman with a closet full of antique Kewpie-doll heads. I'm not totally clear what turned her against everything from the neck down -- she may have been frightened by a Barbie breast as a child.

But I'm nobody to judge, because I, too, am a collector. What I collect are slights, digs, withering remarks, and the occasional mean-girl glare. I examine a good ... story from every angle, I trade them with friends, I commit them to memory, I savor them for eternity.

Lisa Kogan is my kind o' gal.

From Peggy.

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