I have to confess a prejudice: for the last 20 years, I’ve been harboring a resentment for Wisconsin, because of a kid named David Simon; he was the guy Julie Scott broke up with me to “go with” a few weeks after the conclusion of the 6th grade. David frequently wore University of Wisconsin sweatshirts [...]
For some reason, a group of educated and fairly sophisticated individuals have decided they want to listen to me for several hours tomorrow, so I’ve flown up to Milwaukee, WI and then drove 3hrs north to what appears to be Nowhere, Dairyville. I could’ve flown into a location closer to my final destination, but because [...]
The summer after I graduated from high school, I was the rat at Chuck E. Cheese pizza in Goodlettsville, TN. My last day was Friday, August 13; the next day, I was to begin packing for college. I’d worked all afternoon in the gameroom and only had about 15 minutes left before I would end [...]
