William Friedrich:  

Life There's an Irish story: "The Man Who Had No Story!" Of course, everyone does. I am in good company being in the same business as the Apostle Matthew, before he was called to be a disciple. I am 5'- 5 1/2" tall, or perhaps not too tall. Maybe I am more like Zacchaeus, the short man who climbed a sycomore tree. He was in the business, too. (tax collector) I don't know what I want to be, should I ever grow up. Luckily, I do know who I want to be with; my wife Judy. St Louis is still a pretty good place to be. I will fall apart before it does, I'm sure. School When I was in High School, I went on the transit system bus, every day. I showed up in all my classes. I may have had moderate failure, after all I flunked the first semester of typing, but enjoyed learning. (When I wanted to.) I must not have been all that memorable, in high school. Most people I meet now that were in my class don't remember me. I have had a woman who was in almost all the same classes with me swear that I must be older than her, and must remember her older sister. When school was over, every day I went home. By my yearbook picture, a kind classmate put in "Senior Activities," where there was supposed to be interests, clubs, extracurricular activities, sports and such. College Well, when I was in college, it was pretty buttoned down. I was a Moker. I won an award or two, but I still think I graduated by accident. Maybe there was a mistake in the paperwork. I met good people. I met my best friend, there. Everyone was always walking somewhere. I think I was mostly just walking. When I graduated, I owed the bank $2,800.00 in student loans. I thought it as great as the National Debt. It took awhile to pay off ...Expand for more