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Preface vii The Apartment 3(7) Manhattan, Kansas 10(3) Shower Claws 13(4) Book Hole 17(5) The Scholar 22(5) X-treme Detrgnt 27(5) Chris 32(6) The Rules 38(5) The Compass 43(4) Pogo the Clown 47(5) A Gift from Scruthers 52(5) A Trim 57(2) Ghosts 59(4) The Golden Dome 63(10) Back to New York 73(4) Commit! Commit! 77(5) Sunlamps and Old Men 82(7) Card Tricks 89(6) Hospitals and Funerals 95(3) Damaged Goods 98(5) Confidants 103(8) Second City---The Initial Voyage 111(3) Birthdays and Suicide 114(8) Comedy's Unabomber 122(5) Spoo 127(3) Belts 130(4) Chats with Cats 134(4) The Point of Conflict 138(2) The Committee 140(5) The Sanctity of Marriage 145(5) I-Beams and Columns 150(5) Hurt Feelings 155(4) Wastelands 159(4) Old Companions with Pictures 163(4) Note Taken 167(2) Second City---Again 169(5) Sweet and Sour Pork 174(5) Regrets 179(3) Tank Tops and Badgers 182(13) Cleaning Up 195(9) Sex Wars 204(5) Santa Claus 209(3) The Del Game 212(2) Wrigley Field 214(5) Charna 219(3) The Information Superhighway 222(3) Peppers 225(6) Impounded 231(5) Illegal U-turns 236(5) Blizzards of All Kinds 241(5) The New Car 246(4) The Birthday Party 250(7) Pitiful 257(7) Epilogue 264(3) Acknowledgments 267(4) Index 271