Them Folks What Bore and Raised Me

We'll do this roll-call fashion:

Despite appearances, my parents are not Catholic, thankyouverymuch, merely insane. They still live where I grew up, on a small farm (formerly dairy, now organic flowers, veggies, and birdseed) outside of Buffalo, NY.... about a mile from Six Flags Darien Lake if you need a point of reference. Despite the fact that I can't really live with them (in the immortal words of Dr. Seuss, "Oh the noise! Oh, the noise, noise, noise, noise!") they are cool and run with the wolves.