All of these

stories we tell ourselves

are like markers in our declining standards of living, even as technology and management improve economic efficiency. Mr. Burns blocking out the sun to charge the inhabitants of Springfield for merely existing.

speaking of which, have you heard of a “dyson sphere” you can build to capture the sun’s energy?

Is that the guy who makes those vacuums?

I think so

We’re getting sidetracked.

Third & fourth grades

we’re in these combined classes with a grade higher.

Insider information

a year ahead of the other losers in normal classes. We’re starting to get ahead of the curve.

we read a lot didn’t we? and we were proud that we read so much.

Always trying to make sure the numbers on the back of the book were a couple years above our reading level

That’s when we read through the whole

Chronicles of Narnia

series.

Which seem a little preachy upon reflection, when I reread that first book a couple years ago.

don’t you dare besmirch the good name of c.s. lewis

What other books were there?

speaking of which, have you heard of a “dyson sphere” you can build to capture the sun’s energy?

I think so

we read a lot didn’t we? and we were proud that we read so much. Always trying to make sure the numbers on the back of the book were a couple years above our reading level

don’t you dare besmirch the good name of c.s. lewis

we read a lot didn’t we? and we were proud that we read so much.

Always trying to make sure the numbers on the back of the book were a couple years above our reading level