Subject: Chat with Sam Apple
From: Sam Apple <samapple@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

Sam: hook me up, yo
me: I e-mailed him, waiting back, last heard from him yesterday
Sam: cool. i want to give him a chance to say that david brooks is a fucking idiot
Sam: you see his piece
me: not yet
me: someone e-mailed it to me and I've intentionally not opened it
Sam: he trashes hastings for being a real journalist
me: I'm sure he does
me: Andrew Sullivan just linked to my piece, this better get National Review's attention
me: I need a fight
Sam: nice