IS THAT TIMOTHY LEARY OUTSIDE THERE? I believe that the statute of limitations has long expired and that anyone who might think badly of me or be shocked at reading this remembrance already thinks badly of me and knows that I have strayed from the beaten path and been crazy enough to have done any number of risky and on-the-edge things in my life. The seventies were a bit of a wide open period for many of my generation, and often involved experimenting with drugs. Growing up in a small town with little outlets for youthful entertainment exacerbated the situation. I don’t advocate the use of drugs (never did – I was just an experimenter) and have long since learned that there are much bigger and better highs available – love and sex are just two examples. But, as they say: Ahhhh, youth… There are mistakes that all parents make, at least once in their life. For my parents, it was going away and leaving me, at 17 years of age, alone in the house for the weekend.