I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.

I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.

Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

An elite confederacy of nerds. My peeps

We did just leave an insane asylum,” Hi agreed. “For all we know, Chance spend his nights dancing naked with sock puppets, plotting to invade Canada.

Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.

Most Bolton students were scions of the city's wealthiest families. My crewe stuck out like hooker at church. We werent part of their pampered, priveliged world, and many of our classmates were quick to remind us of that fact. Taunting the "boat kids" was practically a varsity sport.