David Cavanaugh:  

My life would make an interesting movie script. Dan Akroyd stars as Dave. The story is a combination of "Mission Impossible", "Christmas Vacation", "Forrest Gump", and "Casablanca". In the beginning, things are sad. Dave is a social outcast who experiences a series of misfortunes. As the story progresses from high school to college to work, Dave's bad luck is replaced by good luck. Although his life is still a series of blunders, his incredibly good luck makes him appear to be a genius. As the illusion builds over the years, the perception slowly becomes the reality. Impossible problems and bizarre mysteries get solved; the story gets a happy ending. In my entire life, I have only one regret. I used to have two, but now I'm down to one. There was a girl who lived directly across the street from me. She moved in when I was in (maybe) 9th grade. I think she was in 7th grade at the time. The numbers might be a bit off, but she was a year or two behind me. I am absolutely certain that she wanted me to ask her out. I liked her immensely, but there was a problem. She was unaware (initially), but I thought my status as a social outcast was not going to impress her very much. After all, I was a geek long before it was fashionable. There were some kids with "adolescent development issues" who gave me a great deal of grief. For the most part, I did a good job of ignoring them. However, if I started dating this girl, they would certainly give her grief as well. At the very least, they would waste no time in convincing her that she shoul...Expand for more