W. Bruce Cameron - Remote Possibilities

I have seven remote controls for my television set that I keep in a basket — I’ve nicknamed the basket “the remote jungle.”

At night, when I’m asleep, the remotes like to escape the jungle and burrow deep into the couch cushions. This is the only explanation for why I can often change the channel by shifting my position on the couch. I am certainly not one of those people who is too lazy to put a remote back in the basket when I am finished with it — why would the word “lazy” ever be used to describe someone with so many remote controls?

My father bought one of the very first remote controls I...