There is no one outside of Ken Ulman’s inner circle, or perhaps even outside of Ken Ulman himself, who can say for a definitive fact that Ken Ulman is running for governor of Maryland in 2014. But that doesn’t stop people from saying it. People have been spreading rumors since Cain said he didn’t know where God could find Abel, and handicapping political races since an Athenian dropped the first stone. Last March, in a post titled “Governor Ulman,” Ellicott City resident Dennis Lane, who writes the Tales of Two Cities blog, called an Ulman bid for governor “the worst kept secret in HoCo loco …

In Part One of this essay, the author discussed her experience finding an old boyfriend at her 40th high school reunion and walking the hallways of her high school. The following is Part Two.I was up for whatever came my way the final night of my 40th high school reunion. We entered the ballroom of the East Ridge Country Club in Shreveport, LA, and at least one member of my old gang was there – my friend, Carolyn, who didn’t go off to college with us but got married, instead, and remains so, to the same man, with a grandchild and another on the way. I looked for familiar faces and I panicked …

I didn’t laugh as much as I thought I would at my 40th high school reunion, but I cried a bit more than anticipated. You think you remember a lot from high school. Actually, you do. But you’ve forgotten a lot, too, so be prepared to have your historical constructions rearranged. As my son prepares to graduate --- in the spring, I hope he can look back four decades later, as I have, and come away grateful for his life and appreciative of the privilege of still being on the planet. Not everyone makes it this far. First, if you’re planning on going, give yourself a pat on the back for taking a …