Daily Archives: July 8, 2012

Professor Jules Lambert Zentner – My Best Friend During My Darkest Years

When I ran marathons in seventh grade, I would drive to them with a bachelor professor in his thirties. He may have been the first in my life-long string of substitute father figures. I’d usually meet him around 4 a.m. … Continue reading

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My First Love

Love first hit me in third grade. Debbie Hick was a girl in my class. She had red hair and freckles and was solidly built. She was smart and tough and funny. I loved her. I never told her that. … Continue reading

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What’s The Ideal Social Status And How Would I Know If I Had It?

I talk a lot about “social status” and people ask me what I mean. Social status is your place in the pecking order. When you walk into a room, do people seek you out or do they avoid you? Do … Continue reading

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You Know What They Say About Sac State?

As I wrote in 2009: Nineteen eighty was a tough year for me. On the afternoon of Yom Kippur 1979, my father delivered a controversial talk before a thousand people at our Seventh-Day Adventist Pacific Union College (PUC) in the … Continue reading

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Sickness & Health, Totem & Taboo

In the Spring semester of 1986 at Sierra Community College in Rocklin, CA, I came down with mono. I was sick for most of those four months. When June rolled around, I wanted to get strong. I took a job … Continue reading

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