Dear Readers, I’m getting ready to astound you with Beau tales of Cannibals, Spontaneous Combustion and Quicksand, as well as Fellowships with Florida Gators. I don’t mean to keep you hanging, but I have a few loose ends to tie up. (The knot will be sanctioned by the Coast Guard, I assure you.) Stay tuned…

Dear 2012, Something changed in the final days and hours of 2011: ME AND MY RELATIONSHIP TO AD. Throughout 2011, while my father continued his quiet decline toward BRAIN IN A JAR status, just like his father before him, I found myself becoming a MERMAID IN JAR. Trapped by history and genetics. Closed in by…