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This is a Celebrity Profile The Actress eats a vegan Caesar salad, her manicured fingers delicately grasping the handle of her long-tined fork. She places a single tender leaf in her mouth, raises a hand to cover her chewing, and blushes as if she, too, is surprised she requires sustenance to live. Passersby try not to stare. Before, she could have gone to a restaurant and eaten a vegan Caesar salad—even another kind of salad or possibly a burger—without anyone noticing. But

from Piecemeal/Daymeal Day 1 – Austin, TX “Today is your last day.” It was Jimmy Chen who called me with the news. “Belan wanted me to call you,” he said. “We’re being forced to make some tough expense decisions. And I’m sorry to say that you’re one of the ones being affected. Gloria from HR is also on the call, by the way.” “Fine with me,” I said. “There’s a two-month notice period, so you’ll get full pay and benefits until the end of the period but won’t be requ

"With nearly two years’ experience on the cutting line, her hands have the ugly dough appearance of a prizefighter’s."

"I promised to try, and he told me that wasn’t good enough. "

For our next post in the archives series, Puerto del Pasado—Artifacts from the Archives, I revisit Joel Hans's "First It Was the...