Two fire engines were parked outside my apartment, but not for my building: some poor lady’s car burst into flames.
Felt bad for this girl: didn’t know the curb was there, then tried to take it. We got her freed, though.
When biking, it’s very important to bring your helmet.
…Not to wear it, of course. Just strap it on somewhere and carry it around. If you get into an accident, rest assured it will fling itself upward and secure itself upon your head. The rest of the time, you can flaunt your glamorous rockstar hairdo and not cramp your style.
“And I had that terrible accident with Joan Vollmer, my wife. I had a revolver that I was planning to sell to a friend. I was checking it over and it went off—killed her. A rumor started that I was trying to shoot a glass of champagne from her head William Tell-style. Absurd and false.”
— William S. Burroughs, The Paris Review
