Vice Principal Hill and P.E. Department Head Logan scribble on their multi-paged interview forms. Jim Brightman, in his crisp suit and red-and-white spackled tie, tries to see what they write but can’t quite see past Hill’s big fountain pen and nails, nor Logan’s hairy … [Read more...]

(A Play In One Act) EXTRAPOLATIONS FROM OBSERVATIONS OF THE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF THE NEXT GENERATION. SETTING: THIRTEEN BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 15 TO 17, ARE SEATED IN A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM. THE INSTRUCTOR, CLAUDE CHICANE, SHUFFLES INTO THE ROOM. HE IS FORTY SOMETHING, BUT CARES … [Read more...]

I'm here today at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y.; home of the Buffalo Bills. The jerk's owner Linda has called me to the game because she can no longer control her jerk. The jerk and his pack are all dancing shirtless in snowy twenty degree weather. This Buffalo Bills … [Read more...]

A do-it-yourself remodeling project is in progress at our house. I use the word “progress” loosely because I suspect that elephants gestate and give birth faster. I’ve heard that if your marriage can survive building a house, it can survive anything. Remodeling is worse. My … [Read more...]