Dear Lisa,

I am sorry to hear about your strange dreams. Sometimes, though, reality is a little stranger. As I was walking to class this morning I fell into step behind someone I assume is a professor. He was balding, middle-aged, dressed sharper than most others who frequented campus, and attached to his laptop bag was a small plush pig keychain. Sometimes I wonder if people become instructors because they don't want to grow up.

Sincerely,
Cyane

Dear Cy,

I can truly empathize with your pain. On a clearly not similar note, I have discovered that eating snakes late at night has a terrible effect on my dreams. I do not think that waking in the middle of the night with a chokehold on my body pillow is very healthy. I think that interpreting your dreams can be very useful but I do not think I will be able to completely understand the meaning of this particular dream without thinking a bit "inside the box". You would not happen to know where I can find a very large cardboard box would you?

Sincerely,

Lisa