What I remember most about the Walters is the marble Roman sarcophagi collection. I'd never paid much attention to that particular art form until I saw the ones

What I remember most about the Walters is the marble Roman sarcophagi collection. I'd never paid much attention to that particular art form until I saw the ones in Baltimore. Random story about a visit there. Some time in the mid-90s I was in Baltimore to visit an old friend of mine. We went to the Walters, and as we were leaving we were walking down the street and randomly ran into a friend of hers, who she'd also known from college. Talking to him, it turned out I also knew him, from when he'd interviewed me over the phone for an article in Baltimore magazine about game designer Sid Meier (who was from Baltimore). I was just a fan of Meier's, but the friend had found me via Usenet, where I'd written about one of the Civ games, and then interviewed me about the impact of the Civ series on game-dom. Still friends with that guy on Facebook today. He's still writing about tech stuff and taking great pics of graffiti in Brooklyn, where he lives now. Fun thing about the internet, never know who you'll run into.