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inside a zoo, what a thing to do
Let's be honest. Plenty of boys go through a period in their lives when there's nothing that they want more than a dog. I had that phase myself. With books like Shiloh and Where the Red Fern Grows dominating children's lists of classic novels, it's impossible to grow up in the US and not be, at some point, accosted with the notion that a dog is man ( Read more... ) -
sabotage on a downtown street, police cars overturned
It's day five of snow. Of slush. Of buttoning himself up more times than should be considered legal- were it not for the snow that's gotten his clothes wet with every excursion, Mark might have chosen to sleep in them altogether. The fifth day of huddling by the fireplace, unable to adequately spread the heat throughout his apartment. (Make no ( Read more... ) -
sometimes you gotta fit in to get in
While the rest of the island wines and dines, dressed as though prepared to walk the red carpet, I'm seated in the third floor lounge of the Compound with a tall stein full of beer to the side and a controller in my hands. In my defense, I tried to stay for the whole of the party. I made a valiant effort. But pleasantries can only go on for so long ( Read more... ) -
baby, you're a rich man
Likability. I should have known that everything would come down to that. Years have passed since I last even set foot in Kirkland House, since those days when I shuffled from class to class as that nameless nobody who managed to ace CS problem sets or even gave a crap about getting punched by the Phoenix or the Porcellian- with the money I've made ( Read more... )
