All I Got Was This Snake
All I Got Was This Snake: Originally published on July 18, 2006 --- As I write this I have a little snake on my shoulder. It is kind of like a chip, but it is stuffed with cotton and would not taste good when placed in dip. The snake is worth about a dollar, but I was lucky enough to only pay about twenty for it... While at the boardwalk at Wildwood, NJ, this past weekend, I was labeled with my usual title as a sucker. I am pretty sure that every boardwalk game has a picture of me on the wall that reads, "This guy will play your game, just acknowledge him." On this particular evening, I was summoned from about 40 feet away... "Hey you," someone yelled. And of course I started to walk over. After all, it was evident he knew me -- he even called me over by name... But I didn't want to seem too eager to play his game, which consisted of throwing a softball into an angled plastic bucket, so I paused on my way over... "You in the hat," he...