(truth: I lucked out in no small part ’cause I was good-looking enough to compen

(truth: I lucked out in no small part ’cause I was good-looking enough to compensate for the liability. People give you lots of leeway if you’re attractive. And if you smile a lot, work at having good manners and listen to them carefully, they give you even more. But man it was very hard to be a child in my part of the world in that era. Damn. I haven’t thought about it much, but believe it or not I didn’t say much either. And that helped too. No point talking when no one understands you – smiling and listening work better. Books are your friends. Today kids like us have internet, computers and other toys to amuse ourselves with. But a small farm town with three television channels is a pretty boring place for an infovore. )