i think they did not want me to play with most other children. My mother was an assistent principal, had been a school teacher. When i would have friends that had brooklyn accents,. this would drive my mother especially, just absolutely bonkers and she could not tolerate it. Your parents were so aware of the effect of her anger that she referred to it as a blast from chast Both you and your dad were terrified of the times when she warned, i'm going to blow my top - because she kind of did. Did you ever figure out how to manage her anger? Well, you know, i think you become a cartoonisanes or a comedian or something. You never