I like to think that my childhood was incredibly, stupendously normal. I lived in a small town on the second floor of a suburban brick house. We had a basketball hoop and a ping pong table in the garage. I played recreation league soccer when I was in elementary school…

My boss let me out at 3pm. Traffic was light and I cruised back to 2405 Tunlaw. After a quick stop at the dry cleaner, I dropped off my blazer, and collared shirts in the closet and made a call to Godwin. He answers. Yo me-ann. What you up to? …

My roommate Jake deserves to be a star. He is an ex-wrestler with Jesus hair, a fantastic painter, and a maniac. The oldest of three sons, his father, Smokey, runs an equine hospital near the North Carolina-South Carolina border. Last week he hiked the mountains of Yosemite with Smokey. The…