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I was the dorky guy who played basketball all through his school lunch periods and once was elected president of the Malibu Jr. Optimist Stamp Club.

You say,“It’s a dorky controversy. It’s not even a good one. I didn’t f— a pοrn star. I didn’t diddle a boy. I got caught embellishing for dramatic effect. Same crime your aunt is guilty of over Thanksgiving.”

If during past summers these people seemed dorky or extreme, insistent on bringing an indoor comfort outdoors, now I wanted to be one of them.

Over the phone, he came across as dorky to me.

But when he suggested that we go salsa dancing for our first date, I decided dorky was doable.