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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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Tagged being friends, chronic fatigue syndrome, courtly manners, Dennis Prager, dennis prager show, fellow students, hot date, male friend, marathons, napa valley, newcastle ca, overnight trips, rieber hall, scandinavian literature, seventh grade, unmarried man
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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
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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Tagged Dennis Prager, Facebook, Neil Strauss, pecking order, social isolation
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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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Tagged foundational doctrine, ministerial credentials, newcastle ca, reo speedwagon, reo speedwagon songs, sac state
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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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