As I wrote some of the stories for this book, I shared them with my brother, requesting that he fill in my memory blanks and verify some of the details. Recently, I sent an email to him with the latest tale attached and asked, "Do strange things happen to me, or am I just strange?"

"You are strange, definitely strange," he returned.

Read these accounts and decide for yourself if life has handed me a unique set of experiences, if I am indeed strange, or if maybe both are true!

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These narratives will prompt you to remember your childhood, remind you of simpler times, and perhaps--probably--make you chuckle.