The one that mystified me most was that I had repeatedly had the phone service of the actress Kristy McNichol turned off because I had a crush on her. First of all, I couldn’t imagine why anyone would think that turning off someone’s phone would be a good way to demonstrate affection. I never understood how the story got started but the experience had been seared into my memory. I’d had to endure the humiliation of standing in line at the grocery store and seeing my photo plastered on the cover of the National Examiner alongside florid headlines saying I was a crazed stalker obsessed with Kristy McNichol! The feeling in the pit of my stomach as I glanced around me, hoping that none of the other shoppers had recognized me on that cover, is one I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.