Neato | I've ALWAYS been brilliant.

BOYS' DEAN'S OFFICE - I completely forgot about this story, and was reminded about it while chatting with my mom this afternoon.

Anyways, I was reminded of a time when you were about 5 or 6 yrs. old. In Russell. do you remember Mrs. Cook?... well she was having class that day and she went around asking all the kids about Halloween, and as usual, you were always ahead of yourself... you kept raising your hand, and she just ignored you on purpose, because she said you always had something just to clever to say...anyways, everyone said what they thought Halloween was about, candy, customs, and everything else, so she just went on and on letting everybody talk before you, and finally she said: "ok Chris, what do you thing Halloween is about"? and guess what you said: “It’s a pagan holiday sponsor by the American Dental Association" she said she just stood there frozen, because this was just what she was afraid you would come up with! So funny, do you remember that? You traumatized that poor teacher! She called me at home just to tell me that! The whole school staff just thought it was so funny... When I tell people that story, they always say, "Yeah, that's Chris all the way."

Such a smart kid, since the very beginning.

-cw