I saw my first big city when I was seventeen-years-old. My high school was in Langdon, NorthDakota, a town with…
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High School Memories
When I was a Brace Face Tin Grin
Classmates often called me Brace Face or Tin Grin. Actually, the original taunt was a little longer. It was BraceFaceTinGrinHairyHairyFatStuff….
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My Teenage Artistic Ability
My greatest artistic ability was revealed in high school. It wasn’t cooking, it wasn’t sewing, it was writing. I was…
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My First Column Wasn’t My Greatest Work of Art
I wrote a weekly column for the local newspaper as a teenager. While my classmates waited tables and bagged groceries, I revealed personal details about my life,…
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My Meanest Teacher was Actually a Mentor
In high school I had a bit of a crazy teenage attitude and read shocking books like Go Ask Alice…
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I Revealed the Name of a High School Crush on a Meatloaf
Today people tattoo the name of their first crush on their bodies. When I was in high school, I embellished…
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