Some background: Ed lives in New York. Raymond lives in Boston, Massachusetts. They have a long-standing argument over whose city is better (despite the fact that NYC clearly rocks, Raymond refuses to give up). From an e-mail conversation today...

• Raymond (talking about his job, on assignment in another state): They have YET to justify to me why the fuck I'm in this state. So far I've decided that it's just cause my boss's in-laws are in town.
• Ed: What state? MA? I often wonder why you choose to live there too.
• Raymond: Well I certainly wasn't going to choose NY.
• Ed: I can't hear you under those 3 feet of snow.