It's good to be a high school senior. My son went to the Hershey Arena (where Wilt Chamberlain scored his 100 points) as his school was playing for a hockey championship. A big group from his class planned a tailgate party with grilled burgers and hot dogs before the game. Problem is that grills aren't permitted in the lot, so after the game, which we lost, he got home around midnight with some friends, set up a couple of charcoal grills in the backyard and patio. I was just coming home at that time too.

Well, right now I have close to a hundred kids in the back. I went out to check when I saw police lights out front, but as I looked out from the deck I saw the two policemen eating burgers with the kids, and one of the cops, whom I know pretty well, asked me in all sincerity, "Are you trying to sleep? We'll keep it down." The hockey team just arrived with another grill, and my neighbor dropped by with a case of frozen burgers.

I'm going to have a tough time topping this for his graduation party.