RTP-area local music and culture

["Allen, Richard" <RAllen AT WWNORTON.com>]

"Rex, just hit by a car after jumping over a fence to get to FiFi in heat; 
Rex, attacking another male in the neighborhood; Rex, peeing on your 
neighbor's roses--if Rex could talk, and you gave him a choice, I think he'd 
rather you do the thing that will let him happily play ball with you for 10 
or 15 years, compared to experiencing the drive of hormones that may lead him 
to an early
death.  Not to mention another quality life-lengthening benefit--no testicles 
means no testicular cancer."

I went to high school with "Rex," still see him around from time to time, 
and, cancer or no cancer, I'm pretty sure he's not going to go for this 
castration thing.