I have a bad habit of saying silly things off the top of my head. This
morning - without realizing it - I had an audience. I was picking up my
morning cup from the coffee cart on the corner of 5th Avenue and 40th
Street. The city is jittery after the recent terrorist warnings. The coffee
man said, “Oh, excuse me, I put two plastics lids on your cup of coffee by
mistake.” I said, “That’s okay. We can all use a little extra security
nowadays.” Everyone standing in the coffee line behind me broke out
laughing...
