I am sorry to tell you this so late and with no chance to change anything: you missed your calling! Good writing! Both pieces are great.
On the other hand, I am glad you missed it, your calling that is (we know that you never miss a target no matter how hard that little devil Dennis tries), because we all would have never met you and... we for sure would've missed it!
Keep on keeping on. We like it and enjoy it very much.