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Spires and Gargoyles — Reunions 2015

A message from the chairman: The morning sun glances through the window, its light refracting off a half-empty handle of Tico’s Rum perched on the sill. You sit up and rub your eyes in disbelief. It’s your old dorm room.…

Community Events This Month

Dec 16-17: Jingle and Mingle: Join Holly Parsons of WB4-North for the Annual “Jingle and Mingle.” Semi-formal dress encouraged. Cocktails provided. 7:30 p.m, La Quinta Inn Ballroom, 8700 Riverdale Ln., Merryville, $20, www.wb4north.com/jingleandmingle Dec. 18: Merryville Community Orchestra: Merryville High…

Spires and Gargoyles — The Farce Awakens

A message from the chairman: Six hours. That’s the combined runtime of the first three Star Wars movies. Appreciate that number for a moment. Six hours. That’s a bad night’s sleep. That’s a day spent on Facebook procrastinating a thesis. Six hours is a drop…

Extraterrestrial Contact

After yet another failed relationship, I knew that I needed to make a change in my life. I determined the solution to my problems: finding someone as far from my usual type as possible. That’s how I found Tom. Tom…

A Boy Asks His Physics Teacher a Hard Question

Class is ending. BOY approaches TEACHER.  BOY: Hey, Mr. Rothstein? I’ve got kind of a hard question. TEACHER: What is it, buddy? BOY: Well, I’m getting older and I’m starting to think about…well, about where we all came from. TEACHER: (Hesitates) Um…maybe you should…