So there I was, rooting through online obituaries looking up a few old friends I'd lost touch with and wondering whether they might still be kicking.
Then I entered one gentleman's name and the search didn't come back with a death notice. It returned a local news story from the old town detailing his arrest, trial, conviction and sentence to prison!
We're not talking about a sober-up overnight in the Mayberry lockup for drunk and disorderly. We're talking 7 years hard time in the state penitentiary.
It's okay, I understand; this ain't no Never Never Land. Just because somebody seems nice and pleasant at work doesn't mean they don't have a dark side.
But conversely, just because somebody has a dark side doesn't mean it manifests itself in serious crime! God only knows the number of times the thought of administering street justice has crossed my mind, but I always manage to maintain control instead of acting on it.
What's more surprising (to me, at least) is that this guy is over 70 years old. The story is sordid and disturbing and now I can't shake it from my mind.
Anybody else find out a former friend turned out to be a fiend?
Then I entered one gentleman's name and the search didn't come back with a death notice. It returned a local news story from the old town detailing his arrest, trial, conviction and sentence to prison!
We're not talking about a sober-up overnight in the Mayberry lockup for drunk and disorderly. We're talking 7 years hard time in the state penitentiary.
It's okay, I understand; this ain't no Never Never Land. Just because somebody seems nice and pleasant at work doesn't mean they don't have a dark side.
But conversely, just because somebody has a dark side doesn't mean it manifests itself in serious crime! God only knows the number of times the thought of administering street justice has crossed my mind, but I always manage to maintain control instead of acting on it.
What's more surprising (to me, at least) is that this guy is over 70 years old. The story is sordid and disturbing and now I can't shake it from my mind.
Anybody else find out a former friend turned out to be a fiend?