Ihave always strongly identified with the comic book character Captain America.

For non comic book readers: Captain America was created in December 1940 by artist/writers Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, preceding my birth in that month nine years later. I always assumed we shared a birth sign. Originally puny Steve Rogers, he is given a super-serum in order to become America’s “super soldier.” During World War II, he disappears, is found later to be preserved in an iceberg, thaws out and joins the Avengers, a group of fellow superheroes. You’ve probably seen the movies.

But, like Cap (his nickname), I have always considered myself a “man out of time.” Most of my playmates growing up were younger than I was. In comparison, I was usually the youngest child in my class, celebrating my birthday in

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