A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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I Am the Villain

I Am the Villain

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John Mendelssohn
May 26, 2010
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God knows I’ve had my heart broken. When Mari left me when I was 20, I pretty nearly didn’t live through it. Two years later, when Annie fled home to San Rafael after we’d lived together for a couple of weeks, I pretty nearly didn’t live through it. Five years later, when Patti declared that she loved me, but was no longer in love with me, I pretty near…

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