A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Auld Acquaintances, Not Forgot

Auld Acquaintances, Not Forgot

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John Mendelssohn
Dec 30, 2009
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A Legend In His Own Minefield
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Auld Acquaintances, Not Forgot
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New Year's Eve and I have never been well matched. When I was 20, I was invited to the home of my precocious 17-year-old college freshman girlfriend, she of the glorious Jean Shrimpton mane and wild dancing. She’d gotten all tarted up for me, in a very short skirt and sparkly stockings, the idea being that I would relieve her of her virginity. But my sq…

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