Some of you may remember my friend, Namel Ess. Namel is a pretty good guy. However, he is not the most finely tuned banjo in the orchestra. His wife, Twinkles, ought’a tune him up, but she is much too kindhearted for that. She has a secret cookie jar fund where she puts her dimes and quarters so she can just hire somebody to tune him up.
Sometimes Namel approaches me with story ideas. As long as he approaches from downwind, I don’t mind. It’s sometimes hard