Fitting a cockroach with artificial limbs. The attack of the killer placentas. OK, so these aren't most people's normal experiences. One big factor, of course, is that people are a lot stupider than they used to be, although we here in the newspaper industry would never say so in print. Hmmm, maybe that wasn't a good example, either.
Doctors are normal.
As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula. Whereas I could see no pluses with the tetanus shot. Disturbing, but better. But Mars and Venus isn't all fun and games. And in a touching, emotional column, Barry describes his run for president of the United States.