By the time I got to the register, I was being "dealt with" by 3 employees: the register person, the manager, and a new guy who, when asked, identified himself as Marc Montoya, the general manager. And, the manager also had a guy on a cordless phone he claimed was his boss, and...
She said, “I dunno. Is he the boss? He’s the boss.” I said, “Yes, but /why?/” And I was puzzled about why I liked him at all. I did, but why? They never went anywhere or did anything. They didn’t have rocketships, they weren’t robots. Was it just because the ...
That someday the file server would be decommissioned by the newspaper and end up on the open market for used equipment and fully accessible to anyone with time, materials, and money to extract the last bits of information. That someday the cache encryption would be cracked, hacked or divulged...
Talking with my family, my dearest friends, my partner and my boss at work has been a huge comfort. This small group of people have been extraordinary and have reminded of who I am when I still really have no idea who I am at the moment. They have all done their best to keep me ...