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Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER, NY—(Weekly Hubris)—5/24/10—BAM! As I was turning the corner in Sevierville, TN, I got blasted in the rear left quarter panel. I looked over and saw that the offending driver was not an adult. It was a 12-year-old boy! A Terminator behind a steering wheel who had apparently [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER, NY—(Weekly Hubris)—5/10/10—For the King and Queen, life was good. Their human was well-trained, providing a comfortable, clean house with a constant supply of food and water, and a warm lap to sit upon when petting was required. That perfect world was rocked when The Intruder walked innocently [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER, NY—(Weekly Hubris)—5/3/10—Samantha suddenly leaped off my lap, traipsed across the living room, jumped up on the cold wood stove, and then sat and stared. There was something inside the stovepipe that ought not to be there. Because the wood stove had not been in operation since the [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER, NY—(Weekly Hubris)—4/26/10—It looked like a road rage incident. A lunatic was jumping up and down on the roof of a car. It was not road rage. The man on top of the car was not a lunatic. It was me—but I had been provoked. In 1992, I [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER, NY—(Weekly Hubris)—4/19/10—BOOM! I was awakened by a LOUD thunder crash from a lightning strike. A fast moving storm was rolling though town. I got out of bed and started to reconnoiter for damage. I looked out windows I passed and saw heavy rain, wind and lightning. Nothing [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER, NY—(Weekly Hubris)—4/12/10—“Oh, Tim! You can do better than that!” The teacher’s dressing-down rang true and, at the same time, provided motivation. Coming from anyone else, it would have sounded like harsh criticism. But, as the words came from this woman, I correctly interpreted them as encouragement from [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer (or, maybe, Jeff) WEBSTER NY—(Weekly Hubris)—4/5/10—John Kareis has been a friend of mine for more than 30 years. We played basketball together for ten years and, after college, he was my upstairs housemate for several years. I take care of his dog, Jordan, when he is out of [...]

Won Over By Reality by Tim Bayer WEBSTER NY—(Weekly Hubris)—3/29/10—For those of you way, way off the grid, there is a TV show called “Dancing With the Stars.” Participants meet their “dancing partners” in advance, then practice for weeks before performing, live, on-camera. But I’ve got a much better story-line than they do: I’ve danced [...]