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My family moved to Princeton in 1982 when I was 6 years old and in 1st grade. The first half of the year was spent fighting with this kid named Ch..

Living in rural Princeton, IN, there wasn't a lot to do. There were two ponds nearby where we regularly went fishing. That was about the only thin..

Princeton was a very small town, but even small towns have their bad neighborhoods. We saw someone from the wrong side of the tracks prowling myst..

Summer of 1984. My dad was in Florida getting things ready for us to move. Christine, Renee, and I were on Summer vacation and we were bored. My m..

Playing little league baseball wasn't a lot of fun for me. I was usually the best player on my teams in soccer and basketball, I was a good runner..

I was sitting at an ill fitting right handed desk in my 6th grade home room left handedly drawing a machine gun wielding pigfaced super hero one m..

My mom was into the jogging trend of the late 70's and 80's. At the age of 4, I surprised her by running a mile with her through Collette Park. Sh..

One of my least favorite acquaintances in high school was a guy named Brian. He was one of those people I just never liked and the feeling was mut..

On a cold, rainy December Friday right before Christmas vacation, I had been caught skipping school and rather than stay home and face the music w..

I worked as a porter in the Food and Nutrition Services department at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in my late teenage years. I didn’t en..