I didn’t have a lot of time for extracurricular activities but I liked to go to dances and student productions of plays and musicals.  Sometimes I went with my apartment mates and sometimes with a date.  The girls were fun but none lasted more than a few dates.  Then one day during my senior year Brenda Livingston came into the store.  Bytes and Pixels was about the size of a large grocery store, filled mostly with computer equipment in the front section and television sets many of which lined the walls and were turned on so customers would see the fantastic pictures and be enticed to buy.  We also carried a wide assortment of audio and video discs arranged in aisles in the middle of the store.  At the back of the store was a small selection of audio equipment.

Usually the fulltime clerks had pecking-order rights to young attractive female customers but they happened to busy with other customers that afternoon so I walked over to her as she perused the CDs

“Can I help you find something to go with your awesome personality?” I asked.  She giggled and said that she was looking for CD players.