I Don’t Understand Football I know how the game is played, the rules, the concept, how the game mirrors battlefields, war strategies, brute force, and yes even intelligence—not unlike chess. I’ve played both games with limited success—although as a girl, in football, while I received plenty of welcomed and un-welcomed touches, I was spared […]
My favorite Hans Christian Anderson story is The Emperor’s New Clothes. I go through my days amazed, dumfounded, confused and in awe of the world—all at the same time. I’ve scratched my head so often, that there’s a tiny bald spot, near my right ear, visible only to the discerning eye. Those that notice will approach cautiously and whisper, “So you’re one of us?—you see it too?—that he doesn’t have anything on?”