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My Real Names
In college I spent a single summer day at a children’s camp affiliated with my university.  As with everyone at the camp, I left my given name behind at the front entrance.  For the duration of my...
November 29, 2010 · 9:34 PM
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Mina's Legacies
I imagine the scene played out something like this:  Bundled up in her winter coat, 12-year old Mina Appel longs to press through the throngs of passengers to claim a spot on the port side rail. ...
November 15, 2010 · 9:27 AM
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Grocery Reflections
When my wife Sharon and I make our trip to the grocery store each week, we fall automatically into a rhythm developed through years of shared experience.  Sharon carries the coupons and keeps...
September 22, 2010 · 11:50 AM
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Coming to UMBC, Without Fear
True story:  At my summer orientation before I started college, I walked up to the student government table at the involvement fair and asked, “How do I become Student Body President three years...
August 29, 2010 · 10:19 PM
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The Time Machine
It’s the week after Independence Day, 2010.  I am 42 years old, and have been working at UMBC for seven years.  Last week I defended my doctoral dissertation proposal, one of the last big steps...
July 6, 2010 · 6:46 PM
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The Capsule Cometh
For nearly thirty years they sat untouched in the attic of my parents' house in California: a collection of sealed cardboard boxes held together with masking tape.  Hidden inside were the...
April 3, 2010 · 7:38 PM
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Egg Day
When you've lived long enough, there are specific moments that stand out in memory as the true turning points.  Had those brief instances played out in a different way, you would have lived a...
February 7, 2010 · 6:55 PM
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The Proposal
I would ask the question at the top of Lookout Mountain:  That was the plan.  The symbolism was many-layered.  From atop the peak you could see clearly in all directions, seven states in a single...
January 31, 2010 · 6:22 PM
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I Love You Snow Much
When I was growing up, snow was a destination, not a weather event. Once or twice each winter my family would drive an hour or two into the mountains around Los Angeles. We called it "going to...
December 18, 2009 · 12:36 PM
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