The Sportsman's Corner

Not long ago, I had just finished mowing my lawn for what seemed to be the millionth time this summer when I noticed my neighbor, Dr. Archie O. Logist, professor of phenomenology at the nearby Ganister Technical Institute, striding toward me. I knew this couldn't be good: He doesn't often come over to visit unless something's up.

"Hi, Arch. How are you doing?"

"I'm all right, Rich. Things are going well at the institute.

"However," he continued, "my colleagues and I were discussing your columns recently. Although we agreed that most of them were written fairly well, we all found that one of...