After college I played volleyball in an advanced indoor league for adults. Think NCAA Division level 1 players a few years out of school. It was very competitive and intense. I played on a 6-man team for men and on a 6-man coed team. It is with the coed team that this story lies.

At one particular tournament here in Southern California we would run into practically professional level players of all kinds. Former USC and UCLA players were regular participants. One team seemed to be…

When I was in high school and then college I was in a popular local rock band. One of our regular gigs was at a summer camp closing weekend, where we would play a concert first for the entire population and then after 11pm, we would continue to play for just the counselors, who were all of age.

At the end of one of our shows I noticed this very cute girl sitting atop a table watching as we were tearing down the equipment. One of our roadies approached her for me and talked to her. He…