Caleb: "I have a message for you from Fidel," he said. This made me sit up straight. "He has read your Atlantic article about Iran and Israel. He invites you to Havana on Sunday to discuss the article." I am always eager, of course, to interact with readers of The Atlantic, so I called a friend at the Council on Foreign Relations, Julia Sweig, who is a preeminent expert on Cuba and Latin America: "Road trip," I said. me: lol me: It's gonna be one craaaaazy summer Caleb: And then I was all _click_. me: it was here that I was first raped me: It was I who raped you me: unca unca unca unca Caleb: WHAAA!?!?! me: when I read that article I had to check twice to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion! me: when I read that article I had to check twice to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion! me: when I read that article I had to check twice to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion! Caleb: When I asked him, over lunch, to answer what I've come to think of as the Christopher Hitchens question - has your illness caused you to change your mind about the existence of God? - he answered, "Sorry, I'm still a dialectical materialist." (This is funnier if you are, like me, an ex-self-defined socialist.) me: how could it be any funnier? Caleb: You'd have to be an ex-self-defined socialist to understand, idiot. Caleb: You know. Caleb: Like me. me: check your premises! me: this is pretty well-done me: http://www.theonion.com/video/911-conspiracy-theories-ridiculous-al-qaeda-says,14222/ Caleb: I USED TO DEFINE MYSELF AS A SOCIALIST. me: omg me too Caleb: First, I was into punk though me: I was a junkie