Finding my College Boyfiend via LinkedIn

Not long ago I reunited with one of my college boyfriends through Facebook and made quite a fuss about it coz it was so exciting.  Now LinkedIn has led me to my other college boyfriend – Earl Singleton, the love of my junior and senior years.  And this week we caught up by telephone and OMG what a  trip it was! 

So first, I promised Earl I’d find some embarrassing old photos of him and post them and a short scanning session later, here they are!  Above you see what we dubbed our "Mod Squad" shot after the old TV show.  That’s my best-guy-friend Joe Blitman on the left.  We memorized the entire sound track of West Side Story and reenacted it frequently, with full choreography, to our own immense delight.  Joe went on to become a big name among Barbie collectors, having even written two books on the subject.  Me, I hated dolls as a kid but I’ll always love Joe (even though he doesn’t call me when he’s in town for Barbie conventions!)

But back to Earl, my heartthrob -"Link" in the Mod Squad analogy.  Raised in the South Bronx, Earl headed to the Midwest for college and decided to stay, apparently.  We met at Oberlin (where he shared a house with one of our more famous alums, Avery Brooks), and when I caught up with him on the phone I found out he’s teaching at the U. of Indiana Law School.  Runs the Community Law Clinic.  Has a daughter who’s a lawyer and a son who’s in IT and a wife of 35 or so years.  He’s done good.  

Now I just want to see him!  The Garden Writers will be meeting in Indianapolis in 2011 but that’s not soon enough. Earl, it’s time to come east for a visit, and call me!  And show this next picture to your family – it was my favorite of you coz it’s so sexy.