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MOBRIDGE, SD Nick Edwards was always known as the tough guy—the kind who always lived on the edge. His friends envied him. Young boys admired him and wanted to grow up to be just like him.
If you would have asked anyone else, Edwards had absolutely nothing to prove. But then he found himself driving in traffic with three of his tough-guy friends as passengers. Then he had no choice. To prove his manhood, he was forced to drive like a bat out of hell.
Amid the whoops and cheers of his passengers, Edwards swerved in and out of traffic. He sped around other cars. And in his attempts to conquer the road in his very own little imaginary road race, he even cut a few of them off. He yelled and screamed and swore at anyone who got in his way.
And his friends were impressed by his overabundance of testosterone.
The situation became serious when Edwards found himself in somewhat of a jam. He was cruising along a four-lane road, driving straight through town. In front of him, in the right lane, was a semi truck—so he moved to the left lane. There, he found himself behind a Ford Escort that just happened to be traveling at about the same speed as the semi. He was trapped.
It was then that he had to make a decision. He could back down and lose his standing as the toughest guy in a 300-mile radius, or he could do something crazy—something stupid, actually. He could risk his life and the lives of his friends and raise himself to the status of a minor deity.
There really was no choice.
So he decided to pass the Escort. Of course, there was a car coming straight at them, and he had to drive in the far left lane. It took a Frogger-esque maneuver, but it worked, though his friends were unable to breathe for ten minutes.
And although they almost died—and they were scared out of their minds—they idolized him even more when it was over. Edwards remains, without question, the toughest, manliest guy in town.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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