"...and nobody had any idea what I was talking about!"

So, this is pretty cool. It's like Metropolitan Diary, but without the gee-whiz-only-in-new-york-ness constantly being shoved down your throat. Click here:

Overheard in New York

Be careful. It's really easy to read about a hundred thousand of these without realizing it. They also have a site devoted entirely to office-specific eavesdropping. And finally, Geoff & Stef wrote this recent and relevant feature last week.

On a side note, does anyone remember Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies? It ran for 20 years in the Voice (alongside Matt Groening's Life in Hell). Unfortunately, I couldn't find any substantial examples of the strip online, but here's an article about his last book.