I knew a guy almost named Shel Kenton in college. I was a communication arts major, and I think he was a minor, so we had classes together from time to time. I never met anyone quite like Shel, before or since. The guy was absolutely, positively, 100% full of shit. Now I want to … Read more
There are three movies I traditionally watch every Christmas, and none of them is A Christmas Story: Mixed Nuts was one of the first dates my wife and I ever went on. It’s also one of the only movies I’ve ever been to where significant numbers of people were actually leaving the theater during the … Read more
When I was in the tenth grade at Oxford High School, a girl I’ll call Diane liked me. I was vaguely aware of it, though never gave it much linear thought. On what must have been my 15th birthday, she decorated my locker with balloons and a card. And I was relentlessly apathetic about it. … Read more