A Legend In His Own Minefield

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An End to Shyness

An End to Shyness

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John Mendelssohn
Feb 12, 2010
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When I was around 16, my friend Dave and I espied a couple of winsome beach bunnies sunbathing on Castle Rock Beach, between Sunset and Topanga Canyon Blvds. Neither of us wanted to look a wuss in the other’s eyes, though the word hadn’t been invented yet, and we went over together to lower the boom on them. To get their attention, we came up with the d…

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