09/09/02
The Heart Is Always More
Todd Ouida was born on my first birthday. I didn’t know him then. I went to a different elementary school, so I didn’t know him when he was forced to stop attending as a regular student to grapple with panic attacks for three years. I didn’t even really know him when he returned and our two elementary schools fed us both into the River Dell Regional junior and senior high schools, where he became a 5'6" starting defensive back on the varsity football team. I knew of him, of course, because we shared a birthday and it was a small school.
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08/12/02 A Conversion... of Sorts (Religion)
08/05/02 A Bright Future for Revolution, Part 3 (Technology)
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07/22/02 Quantum Morality (Religion)
07/15/02 In Cahoots (Life)
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