9:41 a.m. July 9, 2013

A scribble





Back channel chatter

  1. The same kind of shithead who'd call shyness one. By me in the Irish Times a few years ago. The DSM is a horrible fucking joke.

  2. You know, criticizing the DSM is a disorder. You feeling alright, Jason? Is there a DSM crisis hotline you can call over there? You need someone, a professional, to talk you down from this perilous ledge you're on.

  3. Now that you mention it, maybe the Scientologists got to me…

  4. You give up secrets too easily. You'd be no fun to waterboard.

  5. I'm no good at surfing anyway. That's what you mean, right?

  6. I'm more of a windboarding guy myself. But yeah, you suck at waterboarding, dude.

  7. Tangential touristy note: Scientology isn't shy here. Or even nostalgic. It's right out there in your face, a huge white marble block on the Alameda Central, "Scientologia Mexico." Much more impressive in its blank Soviet look than the fancy Palacio Nacional. (Especially because I can't get the irritating internal rhyme in that term out of my head: "Palaaaaacio Naaaaacio-naaal.")