Column: Appreciating at the American dream
(12/09/02 5:00am)
Recently one of my favorite late-night procrastination methods has been online backgammon. Until a week and a half ago, I hadn't played since I was 10 years old and my grandmother was still alive. But something drew me to the Lycos gaming page, and there I was last Sunday at 12 a.m., playing and chatting with a 36-year-old single mom just getting off the night shift.