. no, it wasn't $50 (which would have been a total shock), but "$500.00 ". I sat there, staring at the check, thinking "damn, her uncle must have been...' real generous ' with her..." I went back, reread everything, then returned to Mr. Bowman's desk. He saw the check in my hand, gave me a pen, and said "Miss Emmanuel will be pleased that you came by..." He showed me where to sign the check, then returned a couple of minutes later, with three one-hundred dollar bills, and the rest in 20's ... My. You’ll have a few nightmares as your subconscious sorts itself out, but you’ll be fine in a few days,” he replied. “No issues for you, John. I suspect Heinrich’s dungeon gave you new values in the way of horror and dealing with it.”“Certainly did, Benjamin. It was pretty bad on Guam, but I’ve witnessed worse,” I answered after a moment’s thought.“Worse, John?” Thea asked.“Heinrich’s memory crystals,” I replied.“Ah...” was all she had to say.“You’ll have to remain on Loegria for a few days. What I’ve seen, though, is that you’re the most dominant male in any room. Everyone is aware of where you stand and seems to defer to you, even if it isn’t conscious on their part. I saw it again today, even when you were among all those powerful movie people.“What’s more, whatever it is you do, it isn’t an arrogant thing or something you do to hide any insecurities. You wear it like the jeans and t-shirts you love so much, and I think you’d seem clothed walking around a cocktail party nude. My. I’m going to have to slap the shit out of you.One old lady to another: I went to my HMO Dr. today.Other lady:I think our doctor is an HMO, but Frank thinks he’s straight.The seven dwarves of menopause: bitchy, itchy, sweaty, sleepy, bloated, forgetful and psycho.Why we love children!!A kindergarten told his teacher he’d found a cat, but it was dead.“How do you know that the cat was dead?” she asked.Because I just pissed in its ear and it didn’t move, answered the child innocently.“You did.