November 18, 2025

You Send Your Son to College for an Education

Fwup, fwup, fwup . . . Thwack! I’m on my couch, reading, when suddenly jolted by my student rental neighbor’s noise. Fwup, fwup, fwup, thwack followed by guys all counting together, “One . . . two . . . three. . . then loud cheering, yelling etc. With reluctance I get up and peer out window. There they are, a dozen or so young men, a table full of red paper cups, copious beer cans and liquor bottles, a large block of wood and an axe. Ah! I get it. Axe throwing game. Of course. What could possibly go wrong?