As those of you who have been reading these little forays into my formative years know by now, I had a quirky childhood. Not as weird as some people, to be sure, but I had my fair share of oddness. This one is no exception, but I must stress- my family is NOT crazy. That [...]

Let’s face it, no one really likes clowns. It’s amazing that they’re still around, haunting us, stepping on our feet with their comically over-sized shoes and exceeding the occupancy limits of compact cars in a flagrant disregard for the law. They’re shameless, soulless and, let’s face it, probably the same guys that play Santa in [...]