Every once in a while I get curious about some of the people who have wandered into my life over the years, only to wander out, never to be heard from again. Now, with the Internet, it's possible to find out what happened to some of them, without having to actually ask anybody. The following stories are all true:

Years ago a young woman I had been seeing told me blissfully that the night we spent together was her "first time". Two weeks later she dumped me. Now she is a gynecologist.

Another unrequited love is still single, and turning forty!

A guy I was friends with in college used to go around telling everybody about his penis, which he named "Myron". Now he is a urologist.

Another friend from college is now a member of the Wisconsin state legislature.

I had a boss once who alienated everybody. Nobody wanted to work for her, customers couldn't stand her, her peers conspired to get her fired. She started her own company, which she took public. At the height of the Internet bubble her share of her company was worth well over a billion dollars. The company has never made a profit. Her stock is now worth $12 million.