I received at my home the other day the alumni magazine for George Mason University. Never mind that I am not a George Mason alum and neither is anyone in my family, I do enjoy perusing its pages.

Imagine my surprise when I turned open the front cover and found on its reverse side a picture of a recent GMU basketball game.

With my wife and son sitting in the stands.

Well, their cardboard cutouts.

Me? I must be next to my wife, seated behind the support pole for the home team’s basket.

Even my cardboard cutout gets an obstructed view seat.