• Why on earth would a person decide to become a lawyer ?

• What was life like in a nineteenth century textile mill,

   and what does that have to do with the Hegelian dialectic ?

 • Should a Buddhist cover himself in a Catholic monk’s robe ?

 • Is a “twin screw” what you’re thinking it is ?

 • Should we take a politician’s survey questions seriously ?

 • Just who is Werner Heisenberg, and why was he so uncertain ?

• Do lawyers have any redeeming characteristics ?  

These questions (and many others) may be answered (or not) in this package of short stories with a bit of humor, charming and not-so-charming characters, not terribly keen insights, and largely unwarranted vitriol, wrapped up in a free association narrative.