Many of us have made the ill-advised choice of donning a full-head mask on Halloween or other costumed affairs. Sure, it’s convenient to slip on a rubberized helmet to instantly transform into, say, ...

The bathroom is a quiet sanctuary — a respite from the undulating chaos of life. So imagine one man’s response when he was asked to fish a six-foot-long snake out of his 88-year-old neighbor’s toilet.