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A highly-exagerated, nearly-fictionalized, and offtimes lurid account of a typical, white-hued, middle-class, over-educated American, a citizen of the most wealthy and powerful nation on Earth, who must nevertheless struggle against the forces of Nature, Economics, Politics, Human Relations, and Fate.

The Reader (Nola) - My wife, my love, and my beshert. We met in the 1990's Morris dancing, an ancient English ritual dance performed with bells, sticks, handkerchiefs, and knickers (as we Americans call them to the amusement of our British friends). Ever since then, public humiliation has been the glue that has held our marriage together.

Fashion Girl (Hannah) - Our five-year old daughter. She is already reading books - more than I have time to read, to which I must confess my envy. She is extremely bright, energetic, and head strong. She can whine loudly in eighteen different languages. Her favorite color is Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. Her best friend is Kailea, Ruby, Navah, Fiona, and Ellie. So far, the occupation to which she most often aspires is emergency room doctor. She lives mostly in her mind.

Entropy Boy (Joseph) - Our two-year-old son. Joseph is constantly amazed at all the incredible things this new body of his can do such as jumping, climbing, hopping, running, stomping, tippy-toeing, skipping, spinning, opening, unwrapping, undressing, and squeezing. His vocabulary is diverse for his age, including such gems as "heterodontosaurus" and "ackshuly" (as in "ackshuly, I want grape, not apple"). He has a hormonally-driven interest in heavy contruction equipment, which we hope will redirect itself before puberty. When he grows up, he wants to make noises for a living. He lives mostly in his body.