Brain Blot

Everyone is Ezra's family was destined to be overweight. It must be that you somehow subconsciously set your own self up in life to allow people to use your last name to mock you. Hence, every Brubbery, for at least as far back as mom had photographs, was blubbery, and Ezra was no exception. He was almost always the largest kid in his class, and is now probably tied with Carl Pudgebunny in receivings at the post office.

In 1998, when Steve was 15, he paid $30 for what was left of a pack of cigarettes from a tall man in a business suit. The man claimed they were so good that they'd been banned in eastern Canada and usually go for $80 a pack. Steve only had $30, but the seller was feeling generous. The next day Steve sold each of the nine cigarettes to his friends for $7 a piece. It's true that Steve wasn't the smartest kid in his high school, but he was far from the dumbest. At least he didn't smoke.

One of these days, I'm going to snap!  Edgar thought to himself. He really had no reason to think this. It was not true. If anything, one of these days, Edgar was going to finally tire of life in the city and move back to his hometown to run his uncles farm. But, until that day comes, he will continue waking up 30 minutes early so he can catch the bus that rarely has any weirdos on it.

Frank Geller was a bank teller. There was nothing in the world he hated more than being a bank teller. There were many reasons for this, not the least (nor greatest) of which was that both of his friends called him "Frank Geller the bank teller". Frank wants to be a concert musician, but he is not very good at playing any musical instruments. Frank will probably go out and buy himself a goldfish tomorrow after work.