"So, what have you been up to?" she asked, breaking off a piece of spring roll.
"I bought a computer."
"Ughh."
Joe laughed. "I hate them, really. But they're good tools—I bought it for the Internet, so I can trade stocks."
"I'm remembering," Mo said between bites, "what they say about how to make a small fortune on Wall Street."
"How's that?"
"Well, you start with a large one."
"Ha, ha. That's one method I can't use."
"I should have eaten breakfast," she said. "What is the damned Internet anyway?"
"Mo, I have to warn you—the last ten people that asked me questions like that are lying face down."