I majored in Political Science and my first roommate’s name was Rick Gates. He was from DeTour Village, Michigan (on the tip of the Upper Peninsula). Back then, the golf course on nearby Drummond Island doubled as the airport.
Rick was tall and lanky and I was, well, not. Yet, no one in our dorm could tell us apart. Everyone called me Rick. This was my first identity crisis. Little did I know my name and looks would lead me to others…