Hidden Messages

October, 1999

Nosy NeighborI recently received a visit from the local sheriff, who notified me that my neighbor had called to complain that my son was reading Playboy. My son is 35 years old. Furthermore, the "violation" in question occurred while he was reading inside our home. Although the houses in our neighborhood are close together, they're single-story homes, and six-foot-high privacy fences separate them. As far as I can tell, my neighbor would have had to climb on something to see over our f...