The Fish Trial - Posted 5/1/04

My son keeps me well informed whenever he earns a good grade on something at school, which means there are long periods of time during which he does not want to discuss his classes with me. So I was heartened when he offered to show me his science project: Sure enough, he had a large "A" emblazoned on the cover, along with the note that his teacher found his effort "organized and very amusing!"

Practical Joke - Posted 4/20/04

The wheels of Justice turn slowly in the eighth grade, so it has taken this long for my 8th grade son to be convicted on charges of disrupting class the day before his winter break.

Wrong Number - Posted 4/8/04

Few people are aware of this, but I could easily have been one of the world's great concert pianists, had I decided to ignore my passion for storytelling and writing humor and instead learned to play the piano. My fingers possess such a nimble dexterity that even as a child, my music teachers would gush that in me they had found one of those special students who, in their words, "could type."