At around eleven p.m. on All Hallow’s Eve, I wandered into a local Denny’s to join a small horde of characters dressed as pirates, Star Ship Enterprise crew, and ghost and ghouls of various persuasions. I took off my jacket and helmet and quickly velcroed a Hawaiian grass skirt made of plastic strands over my [...]

Yaaaa-choooo! Gallopgallopgallopgallopgallop :: mild skid and crash :: :: maniacal laughter :: “Meee-oo???”

On Hallowe’en morning we received a very nasty surprise, the kind of surprise that makes one want to scream or throw up immediately…or both. Our mobile home park is to be sold to make room for townhomes. We are to become victims of greed: let me give you a brief clue as to how much [...]