• A Craigslist buyer, throwing in this poetic if not dour gem as we figured out a time for him to pick up lightbulbs we were giving away: “As I said, my day depends a lot on other people and things are getting exponentially flaky and unreliable lately, ironically to the point where I can’t even make serious plans of my own, or make the kind of promises I used and would like to.”
  • The curtain operator at The Auditorium furiously pulling the ropes to open the curtain on cue for “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.”