While it may seem a bit strange, I really enjoyed the college admissions process and ended up helping advise a few friends who were from lower-income families on their options as we went through the process.

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And finally, since the world is a strange and wonderful place sometimes, while writing this piece an email came from some friends of mine with their Xmas gift: a donation in my name to Doctors Without Borders.

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This fury seemed strange, emanating as it did from a man who had always made it plain that he regarded friends as more important than policemen.

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