Memorial Day is filled with meanings & memories.

Mine includes doing homework in the shadow of a mysterious graveyard resident

A million years ago, I did my undergraduate work at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL, a small college town about 350 miles or so from my Chicago home. The town was anchored by “The Strip” a street packed with student-oriented bars. Another joint, PK’s, was a pizza place/saloon which really was a front for a scary biker club. Snotty college…