Why the Bench was written

Why "The Bench" Was Written?

Why was The Bench written? Good question. Wish I had a good answer. It wasn't a class assignment or anything like that. I recently talked to Greg Storm, the co-author and asked him if he remembered why we wrote the book. He just chuckled and said, "You know I was thinking about that too. I am sure we thought we would get something out of writing the book but after reading it again for the life of me I can't imagine what it would have been." We both seem to think the simple fact of boredom probably was the driving force behind the writing of The Bench. As you can read in "Back on the Bench" I talk about how Greg and I along with most of the other Benchies were in an all boys Study Hall class. And since studying wasn't a high priority for most of us we needed something to do to pass the time. So somehow Greg and I came up with the idea of writing about our adventures of setting on the bench. My wife is still amazed that we had the attention span long enough to write ten chapters about ten different games. Man we must have really been bored.