David Rickman:  

While recovering from a discectomy a couple of years ago I decided to try my hand at college. I figured since formal education didn't work the first time, I'd try secondary education this time. Those of you who went to college after your stint at Ben Logan have no idea what it feels like to walk through those huge Institutional doors as a 45 year old student. But as terrifying as it was to face those doors for the first time, it was a whole lot harder to leave them in the end. I FREAKING LOVED COLLEGE!!! I got involved in theatre, started and was elected President the Creative Writers Club and Creative Artist Club, was inducted into Phi Theta Kappa (yeah, me ... a former "D" student), was the Editor of the Newsletter ("Nude Alien Editors Invade Campus!!!" was a CLASSIC issue), created, edited, and published a book titled "Intersections" - a collection of stories from the Creative Writers Club and Creative Writing Class combined (in which I posed nude ... seriously! That's where the profile pic came from). Now I'm recovering from another unrelated surgery which keeps me mostly house-bound. I'm taking advantage of the time by working on a series of textbooks illustrating the history and technological designs of Vladimir N. Chelomei - The Greatest Rocket-Scientist the World has NEVER Known. Go figure? Five years ago I couldn't spell "writer". Now I are one! My 4th wife and I rescue cats and now have 23. My pride and joy is a litt...Expand for more