We all have old friends, lovers, school chums, etc., that we've lost track of through the years due to the vagaries of fate, and our status as members of a mobile society in which permanent personal relationships, much more characteristic of cultures before this last century, are supplanted by pseudorelationships spawned by the existence of mass entertainment media.

That transfer to San Diego may mean that you don't get to see your mom and your best friend much anymore, but that's OK, 'cause you'll still be able to see Rachel's baby, and know who's zoomin' who on Sex and the City.

As Mr. Saturday Night says, don't get me started.

Well, I've carried around in my head for years a list of people that are dear to me that I've not seen or heard from for years, but whom I'd pure-dee love to see again. Some were friends, college roomies, Marine comrades-in-arms. A few of them are lost loves.

I've put their names down here in the hope that someday they'll google their own name, hit this page, and contact me.

As I find time and inspiration, each of the names down here will turn into a link, to a page with a few paragraphs relating why this person is a special one to me, and why I'd like to hear from them again. I imagine from time to time, I'll also add a name or two to the list.

Dana Chianelli Jim Laird Dale Frank Sophie Ledesma Debra Longoria Gene Beck Richard Steele Lynn Summers Bill Hutcheson Darlene Moreno Emila Rodriguez George Willis Cynthia Barta