I'm going to start carrying around a small pad of paper and a pen. The pen will be for graffiti, but also for writing down quotable exchanges as they happen. I am toying with the idea of buying an audio recorder, too. Here's one I hazily remember from friday:
On train, MGH to Harvard:
Unstable man to woman: "Is that your boyfriend?"
Girl with boyfriend: "Yes"
Unstable man to woman: "How long does a human being live?"
Girl with boyfriend: "I don't know"
Unstable man to woman: "Just give me a number ok, whatever, just say a number."
Girl with boyfriend: "75"
Unstable man to woman: "How you expect a man to be with ONE girl for 75 years!"
Me: "HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH"