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Weekly Contest #263
A MATTER OF HAPPENSTANCE By David L. Elkind delkind8@gmail.com Sam Benson and Scott Ferguson hated each other from the moment they met on the second day of high school. Sam was playing lacrosse for the first time in gym class but quickly felt comfortable catching the ball and running while cradling it in his lacrosse stick. Sam was racing to the goal when Scott, with a crazed look on his face, slammed his stick on Sam’s wrist. Sam screamed as he writhed in pain. He wanted to hit Scott when the pain subsided but when he saw Scott’s size he...
Weekly Contest #224
THE LAST ALL-NIGHTER By David L. Elkind I’ve had six all-nighters in my life. The common expression is that I “pulled” an all-nighter, as if I pulled some cord which caused me to stay up all night. My first all-nighter took place at the end of my first semester of college. Soon after I had finished my last exam I was sitting in my dorm’s dining hall having lunch, which was beef with vegetables and a thick sauce. A classmate sitting next to me started picking at my food and asked, “What’s this? It looks disgusting.” After being awake for ab...
Weekly Contest #211
DELAYED HONOR By David L. Elkind I have been volunteering at Perception for two years. Perception helps people with cognitive problems, usually from Alzheimer’s disease. It hosts a series of activities each weekday that require its members to think to solve problems. The goal of Perception is to delay the time when each person’s cognitive decline renders them unable to function. I am a huge fan of the program because I’ve seen how much it benefits its participants. I’ve also had the good fortune of becoming friends with some of the most ex...
Weekly Contest #172
RIGHTING A WRONG By David L. Elkind I tilted my head back and finished my second beer. It was my favorite, Guinness. Their motto is Good things come to those who wait, but today I felt that Bad things come to those who don’t think. I looked around and was disappointed that Danny hadn’t arrived yet. For as long as we’ve been good friends, each of us has always been there for the other on a moment’s notice whenever possible. I’ve never needed him more than now, but he had to clear up some things at work before he met me. I know that he had n...
Weekly Contest #137
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER By David L. Elkind About a Character Who Ironically Gets Called an Einstein Bill Jensen thought that high school was an inconvenience. He had several priorities in life. None involved school. While he was home, music was always blaring from his room. It was the mid-1970s, and the music that Bill listened to would later be called classic rock. He had a large collection of vinyl record albums. The collection was particularly impressive since Bill had little money, but he learned to compensate for that shortcoming. When ...
Weekly Contest #104
COPING DIFFERENTLY WITH THE PANDEMIC By David L. Elkind Many of us speak about the coronavirus in the past tense, because everyone we know has been vaccinated, and the stores and restaurants usually suggest wearing masks, but don’t require them. Now that we can view it as a recent event, it is fascinating to note how people reacted so differently to spending time with others during the pandemic. I know that some of our neighbors went more than a year without seeing anyone who wasn’t in their household. Even when they were fully vaccinated,...
Weekly Contest #103
PARANORMAL PROOF By David L. Elkind Bill Peterson had heard stories of paranormal activity and thought that they were “a bunch of malarkey.” Not only did he believe in requiring scientific proof of events to verify their validity, the idea of paranormal actions clashed with his sense of religion. When he thought about believers in paranormal activity, he felt that they were descendants of the pre-Abraham idol worshippers from 4,000 years ago. That all changed in 2010. Bill, his wife, Peggy, and their daughter Emma took a short vacation to...
Weekly Contest #102
NEGOTIATIONS By David L. Elkind Hal Baxter hung up the phone and smiled. He had just finished negotiating a favorable settlement without having to bring a lawsuit. His client, Tom Langston, would get a substantial amount of money that would last for years. Hal did the representation on a continent fee basis. The firm would get a substantial payment without having to litigate the dispute. “I’m really happy to get this done for Tom so quickly,” Hal said to his associate, Karen Spiegel. “He deserves it and needs it.” “You’ve always spoken ...
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