Jonathan Pearce (www.balona.com) is a former public high school teacher and credentialed counselor. He is therefore familiar with some of the odd ambitions of younger adults and the anxieties of their parents. Jonathan Pearce’s recently published works of “Balona fiction” include Finding Dad, One Brick Shy, Sang Froyd: Capers of the Balona Family Kuhl [ISBN 1-58500-736-6] (1stBooks Library, 1999); and The Balona Klongs: A Demi-mystery Caper [ISBN 0-7414-0285-8] (BBOTW, 1999). Scheduled for publication by May Davenport Publishers in 2000 is the author’s John-Browne’s Body & Sole.