Knowing of my penchant for music, even at an early age, a grade school gym teacher asked if she could borrow my 45 of Kool & The Gang's "Celebration."
"Or," she asked, "would you be able to tell me where I might be able to buy it?"
I recommended Record Bar at the West County Mall as a place to buy it. I was glad she gave me that second option. "After all," I thought, "lending her the record would mean having to trust someone."
I was a jaded cynic from an early age.
