… “The ancient city of Bam, the epicenter of the quake, has a long history of destruction. It was first destroyed in an earthquake almost 1,900 years ago. But such is the unexplainable magnetism of Bam that, almost eight centuries later, it had become an important trading center with a cosmopolitan population of Muslims, Christians, [...]

So how did it go with that cheerleader from down the street that wanted to seduce you? Well, I was going to go along, but at the last minute, I had one of those ‘Grinch’ moments, when my heart went up past my level, and Satan’s and Stalin’s and Hitler’s and a few more levels, [...]