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Life In a Pinball Machine
Life In a Pinball Machine
Life In a Pinball Machine
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I think my first awareness that I was marginal and having difficulty paying attention and following the “rules” of order happened in the second grade. I was always bouncing about, curious as to what everyone else was doing. One day I was pulled out of the class by the school counselor who asked me why it was that every time I was called upon by the teacher, I would turn around in my desk and reply, “Who me?” All the good intentions of those faithful teachers were for naught—my eyes generally glancing to the outside to see what was going on out there and not to what was being written on the chalkboard. Even my religious instructors throughout my life have had grave concerns—in a manner of speaking. I’ve been bouncing around ever since, never really choosing a path, but simply reacting to every experience that has been placed in my way.

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Release dateMar 14, 2013
ISBN9781301103218
Life In a Pinball Machine
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Mike Westmoreland

The author was born in 1947 in Denver, Colorado. He grew up in the alleys, parks and classrooms of Park Hill, a cluster of mostly bungalows in the northeastern reaches of that city. In his early youth he was the marble champion of Leyden Street, winning countless tournaments—only to suffer the ill-effects of those games later in life with the development of severe arthritis in his right thumb. He has been married to Linda for 42 years. They reside in Parker, Colorado.

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