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August 3, 2005
What We Talk About When Other People Are Listening
Via Girish: the fascinating blog, Overheard Lines, which consists entirely of "things actual people actually said, captured by an eavesdropping playwright in San Francisco named Tim (or his spying friends)." Warning: once you start reading, it's pretty difficult to stop.
Posted by chuck at August 3, 2005 1:41 PM
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You might also like Overheard in New York, which has been going for couple years now and features user-contributed content.
Posted by: McChris at August 3, 2005 3:00 PM
Thanks for the link. I figured there had to be other blogs like that one. The New York blog looks quite strong, especially given the large number of eavesdroppers who contribute to it.
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at August 3, 2005 4:01 PM
And don't forget Overheard in the Office.
Posted by: Amber at August 3, 2005 4:03 PM
I just lost 15 minutes of my day on that site! Hilarious!
You'll have to come by the house again soon - the paint looks great and we're starting to get a bit settled in. Thanks for all of your help!!
Posted by: natalie at August 3, 2005 4:49 PM
I enjoyed helping out. Painting is a nice break from reading critical theory. Glad to hear you're settling in.
Posted by: Chuck at August 3, 2005 4:53 PM
Too funny. I too just wasted a quarter hour when I should be going to the library. But now I'm going to start eavesdropping more.
Posted by: Ryan at August 4, 2005 2:12 PM
Yes, now that I'm riding Metro on a regular basis, I'm finding it awfully tempting to eavesdrop. Of course, when some commuters talk so loudly on their cell phones, they become impossible to ignore.
Posted by: Chuck at August 4, 2005 3:01 PM
What a cool site! And there are others, too? Thanks for that link.
Posted by: Scrivener at August 4, 2005 11:19 PM