From the NY Times obituary of Tom Jones, writer of the book for the long-running musical "The Fantasticks": """ As Mr. Jones put it in his memoir, "Sometime d

From the NY Times obituary of Tom Jones, writer of the book for the long-running musical "The Fantasticks": """ As Mr. Jones put it in his memoir, "Sometime during my sophomore year at Coleman High School, I became a 'character'" -- wearing bow ties and a straw hat to school, smoking a pipe, signing his articles for the school newspaper "T. Collins Jones, Esquire." "Even now, nearly 70 years later, I can't help but stop and wonder what the hell I thought I was doing," he wrote. "Even more, I wonder at the fact that the other kids -- farmers mostly, and ranchers and 4-H girls -- took it all in their stride." In 1945, when he enrolled in the drama department at the University of Texas, "for the first time, there were other people actually like me," he wrote. "Here, marvel of marvels, everybody was T. Collins Jones, Esquire." """ Perhaps this kid will get to the university and find his tribe.