Me and Ira Glass

Someday, I will be friends with Ira Glass of WBEZ's This American Life. He will come to our house for Sunday brunch with his wife. He will bring his friends David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, David Rakoff and for the first time in my life, I will keep my mouth shut because what can you say with those guests? You can't talk about the upcoming Christmas holiday because David Sedaris will lament the plight of Macy's elves. You can't talk about family because Sarah Vowell will talk about how when her dad gets mad, he goes and sets off one of his cannons. Meanwhile, David Rakoff will mutter about how his glass is half-empty and that his life is all the better for it. I simply can't compete with this level of conversation (even if my family is so nutty that yesterday when a friend asked after them, and I told him the latest events in my family (that so-and-so swore and hung up on so-and-so, someone else sought revenge by redoing their will and so-and-so is no longer speaking to so-and-so) he asked in all earnestness, "Is your family Greek?").

Still, I want Ira Glass and his friends to all be my friends simply because they are smart and funny people with introspective and enlightening things to say. I'd like them to send me copies of their books and invitations to their parties. In the meantime, I have this little tidbit from Ira on my fridge.

Ah, fall has started and just because we no longer start school as the weather turns crisp and chilly, we do relish the season of new projects and weekly deadlines.