You were not a good mix. You didn’t match up well. But with her, she used this information: for and against you. She was the Queen Bee. The rest of you were her workers.

You were not in revolt, initially. You played along. You did not stage a mutiny by any means necessary like some folks believe. And now you get phased out for… Continue reading

I not only fantasize about a particular female student, I am one-half composer of the integral and complex parts of our complicity with one another. That is, it is inherent that the pupil receive credit for attending a lecture that, in reality, she may or may not ever attend. The student, in turn, pleases my whims by using the most astute discretion in any interaction with me.

I mean… Continue reading

He built up a hunger refereeing a high school basketball game. He turned his Datsun into the parking lot of a McDonald’s, handed us cash and instructed us to order a fish sandwich, large French fry and chocolate shake, and to order whatever we wanted for ourselves. He wrapped… Continue reading

Even if you perceive everything in your surroundings as negative; even if you have become jaded and your internal feelings are jumbled and you cannot find anything inherently good in anything; why not drop back fifteen and punt?

Yes, that’s right. Why not surrender?  Even General Lee suffered… Continue reading