Not ten yards away, an 84-year old Ian McKellen is on stage, in a SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY. GET OVER IT. t-shirt, and hey, sign me up for all of it, except there is an unacknowledged prejudice against ex-convicts out there too. "Hey, Charlie, you think the bad people are in charge?" my friend, colleague and PhD examiner Ralph once asked. Maybe I do. He arranged two academic work contracts for me in New York, which regrettably I was unable to fulfill, and we lost contact, Ralph, because I'd had enough of the absurdity of the situation; it was never because I didn't like you, respect you, or didn't appreciate what you, alone, tried to do for me.
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