Stuff on the Coffee Table

• Empire by Orson Scott Card
• Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
• Henry the Fourth, Part One by William Shakespeare
• The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism
• Sharpe’s Gold (film)
• Grading (mine)
• Grading (his)
• Pens, pencils, a calculator, a highlighter, and a stapler
• A red cup with water for Anastasia
• An Atlas of the World
• A take-out menu for Palio’s
• A cup of tea
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• Remote controls
• Junk mail
• A pocket knife and earrings

What kind of people are we?  Pizza-eating intellectuals with a ferret, a penchant for sci-fi, and aspirations to run an small-scale office supply store.