Harold's Boys: Observations, Opinions, and Outright Lies from amid the Chaos Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................xi
Introduction....................xiii
Chapter 1 The Origin of the Species....................1
Chapter 2 Sisterless by Divine Intervention....................5
Chapter 3 Dancin' Fool....................9
Chapter 4 No Time for Naps....................13
Chapter 5 First Grade in the Fetal Position....................17
Chapter 6 Reading with Buzz and Shirley....................21
Chapter 7 Sanctuary....................25
Chapter 8 Building the Perfect Mother's Day Gift....................27
Chapter 9 My First Bike....................29
Chapter 10 Superkid....................33
Chapter 11 Enter Spiderguy....................37
Chapter 12 Bradley School Sliding Hill/Killing Ground....................41
Chapter 13 A Good Follower Is Hard to Find....................45
Chapter 14 Where Have All the Screwdrivers Gone?....................49
Chapter 15 Temporary Insanity....................51
Chapter 16 Steel-Toed Saddle Shoes....................55
Chapter 17 Dreaming the Dream....................59
Chapter 18 Dangerous Gifts....................61
Chapter 19 The Fifth Beatle....................63
Chapter 20 Saint Mom....................67
Chapter 21 Wanna Make a Ten-Dollar Bet?....................71
Chapter 22 Not Your Average Bear Citing....................75
Chapter 23 Pancakes for Supper....................79
Chapter 24 Old Banana Peel....................83
Chapter 25 Teaching Robin to Play the Grand Old Game....................89
Chapter 26 Spring Ball....................95
Chapter 27 The Chicken Whisperer....................97
Chapter 28 The Call of the "Hobo Jungle"....................101
Chapter 29 Pole-Vaulting to the Heights of Mediocrity....................105
Chapter 30 Three Splashes Drove Women to Madness....................109
Chapter 31 Nothing Measures Up to the First Time....................113
Chapter 32 Homecoming Lessons for the Self-Absorbed....................117
Chapter 33 Nights of Shear Terror....................121
Chapter 34 Prom Tux for Sale....................125
Chapter 35 My First Deer Hunt....................129
Chapter 36 The Whizzer....................133
Chapter 37 The Crystal Beach Run....................137
Chapter 38 Mark Hemingway's First Partridge (All Apologies to "Papa")....................141
Chapter 39 Bradley School Today....................145
Chapter 40 Please, I Don't Need a Job ....................147
Chapter 41 Am I All Right?....................151