He does write occasionally for newspapers and had his own column when he was in high school. He recently was published on an online literature site which had turned down all his serious stuff so he sent them a true story on diarrhea in Borders bookstore. They accepted it and paid him for it. When I find it I'll post it here.

No - he wasn't embarrassed. Chris lives for moments like that. He lived with me for a year or two after graduating college. The stories I could tell...