“It was a dark and stormy night. The rain pelted the windshield like banshees on a mission from hell.”

“Will you please shut the fuck up? This would never had happened if you didn’t have to take the scenic, back road route to nowhere, you idiot!”

I looked into my wife’s contemptuous eyes and clicked off the headlights of the car. Then I made a face at her in the darkness, knowing she couldn’t see. I couldn’t recall the last time she had a sense of humor, if indeed she ever did. Read more…