Falling Victim to Nature's Fury: The Canine and Feline Models
		I've lived in both Boston and San Francisco. This essay expands on the very different sorts of dread I've felt in those two places.
	Feline Intervention to Rightsize Self-Esteem
		Sometimes people need therapy for excess self-esteem- they're too proud, too arrogant, too rude. What better therapist than a cat?
	Fin de Siecle
		Will the fin of the Twentieth Century be the finest ever? Here's the main competition from the Second Millennium...
	Finishing Golden Boys or, The Making of a Male Geisha
		A proposal for a school for young male geishas, to the benefit of all.
	Five-Handed Bridge
		Rules to enable five to play America's favorite four-handed game.
	Forgiving or Punishing "Slips"
		Why single unsafe acts are much more dangerous in the world of hepatitis C than that of HIV.
	The Four Levels of F.W.O.O.O.M.P.
		If we delay in lighting a gas stove, the result is a "fwooomp", whose violence depends entirely upon the length of the delay...
	The Four-Forked Road
		In 1998, we find ourselves very near the end of the Age of AIDS, at least as we've know it in the U.S. What's a well-meaning AIDS expert to do now?
	Fox Hunting Explained
		Celebrating people's bucolic romps with Man's Best Friends and Third Best Friends.
	Fragment of a Letter to Philip Fleesum, Esq.
		The combination of an arrogant lawyer, a letter-of-the-law bureaucrat, and a missing "n" in "annum".
	Friendly Joshing During the Grand Prix d'Evolution
		For millions of years three orders competed to be top dog on Earth: primates, felines, and canines. Here's how they teased one another.
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