Re: Watch Out, Tim!

Dude, don’t worry about me, Zac. I’m tough. I can take it. The one who’d best watch out is James Ragland. Did you see the My Two Dads pic of Blow and Ragland at the top of Metro today? Next to the pic it says: “Coming Sunday. Race Relations. Newsroom neighbors Steve Blow and James Ragland move their cubicle conversations about race to a four-part series, Talking Race. Also, catch their daily video sparring on dallasnews.com.”

Here’s a sneak preview of Talking Race, leaked to me by their cubicle neighbor Esther Wu:

BLOW: On the one hand, race relations are sticky. On the other hand, they’re better than ever!

RAGLAND: I don’t want to offend anyone, but I’m black.

BLOW: I remember you told me that the other day, when we were in our cubicles.

RAGLAND: And you’re white.

BLOW: We prefer “Caucasian.”

RAGLAND: I loved the column you wrote about how you spent a week driving slower, and your gas mileage improved.

BLOW: Thanks, neighbor! I loved the three columns you wrote about the guy who got rolled while he was having a seizure and how he lied about being in ROTC. Especially the second one. But the third one was good, too. And so was the first.

RAGLAND: You see that? You’re a white dude from Sunnyvale. I’m a brother from Paris. But we’re digging each other’s pudding. That’s progress. No matter what Jeremiah Wright says.

BLOW: On the one hand, right on, my dawg. On the other hand, true that, homey!