Is this the first time a contributor has had his handle used as the Word for Today?

Interesting that the young lady was a maverick because she chose to study worm sex. I remember very vividly the only time I ever saw an earthworm sex orgy. I was night telephone operator at McLean Hospital, and one early April morning at first light left switchboard to look out window. There on the lawn were thousands of earthworms copulating. I couldn't time the duration, but they were all gone by the time the sun was up. No early bird was early enough dine on doubles.

It seems to me that that the Army has a special meaning for maverick. A mustang was a West Point cadet appointed from the enlisted men, I think. Perhaps maverick referred to officers trained at the other military schools. Corrections invited.