Al Batt
Dead horse ends driver’s ed
The legend lives on from the Loafers’ Club on down of an ancient policeman named Hank Uft.
The legend lives on from the Loafers’ Club on down of an ancient policeman named Hank Uft.
I had wanted her to take my name, but she was adamant that she remain a Gail and not become an Al. I’d have been ...
I admit it. As a boy, I would occasionally feign a stomachache. I wasn’t a hypochondriac in the making. I faked tummy trouble in order ...
I wasn’t far into my life’s journey when I hit a spell where I missed the school bus a few times. I missed the bus ...
I was a whippersnapper when a friend told me that he turned off the engine of his car when he coasted into the driveway of ...
I turned off the lights in my office and peered outside into the darkness. I put many lights in my office because I feared the ...
I lived in a condemned building in Minneapolis. A prominent sign on the front door said, “Unfit for human habitation.” That meant that it was ...
UPS delivers millions of packages and documents each day. I see those signature brown UPS trucks everywhere. I read a New York Times article relating ...
I work at a number of fairs each year. I enjoy the opportunity. In a landscape dotted with deep-fried foodstuffs on-a-stick, I would love to ...
We had guinea fowl that patrolled the area under the tree house. They were of the pearl variety—gray with small white spots.
My family was not of the hugging variety. We hugged only at funerals and airports. And we never went to an airport. Hugging was like ...
I stepped on an anthill the other day. I didn’t mean to. There were so many of them that it was hard not to step ...
The refrigerator I grew up with had three climate zones.
I was at a banquet when my zipper broke. It wasn’t just a banquet. It was a banquet that I was speaking at. My broken ...
I remember when “don’t let the bedbugs bite” was a cute saying not a warning. My mother said that before tucking me in each night. ...
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