One of the truly unique people from our class was Duke Korey. I remember walking into Latin class our first day of freshman year and sitting next to Duke (he happened to be sitting next to my real target, Scarlett). Before too long, Duke, Brian Kirk, Brian Land, and I were cooking up conspiracy theories about whether or not Mr. Ewing was involved in secret gamma radiation experiments to turn himself into the Incredible Hulk. Soon we came to suspect that there were several Hulks among us and that Mr. Ewing was their leader! Of course, Duke was behind much of the rumors and speculation, leading Brian, Brian, and I to secretly wonder if Duke was in on it, too. Unfortunately, Duke didn't have the tell-tale signs of being a Hulk: messy hair, gap between front teeth, skin with greenish tint.

That's just a taste of what my friendship with Duke was like in high school. I had the memorable experience of sitting next to Duke in the gym when his name was called during the senior superlatives pep rally. You didn't have to be sitting next to him to recall him jumping to his feet, tearing off his trademark DUKAMANIA T-shirt and running up to the stage yelling something in a Machoman Randy Savage voice.

What's your favorite Dukamania memory?