“You were right on target!”“Could you elaborate?”“Dr. Garshin thought my precis and my outline were ‘Quite good’ (his words).”“And?.....”“And he thought the bibliography needed some expansion.” Patrick burst out laughing.“Well, let’s go have lunch and you can think about it.”“How did you know?”“People need to feel important. Academics make themselves important by imposing constraints. Forcing undergraduates to take weird courses at strange times. Making animals jump through hoops. As you go up. Bill, it might work. We will follow up on it." Eve, it wouldn't have to be every week. You could still do a week in Nashville and another in Atlanta. It's another place. The costs might be cheaper and would help offset any additional costs for guests' travel."She hugged me. Her eyes were shining and her mouth had a big smile. "Bill, you're a genius! It's a solution!" Eve, Eve, it's not a slam duck by any stretch of the imagination. I can see things that can go wrong. We just need to work our. Hiro? Apologize? I don’t think so.Hiro continued, “Let me make it up to you. I have a bottle of Napoleon cognac at my place. Have a drink with me and let’s bury the hatchet. Then I’ll drop you off over at your place”.My bullshit detector in my head was now ringing even more loudly. “Thanks Hiro but I really need to go home now”. I looked directly at him and tried to say as sincerely as I could, “I appreciate your apology. It’s accepted. Thank you. But I really need to go”. Those words were. ‘To meet me for lunch,’ Claire answered. ‘Hell no!’ Cal exclaimed. ‘It isn’t your decision Cal, it’s mine,’ Claire snapped. ‘But that’s my child you’re carrying,’ Cal argued. ‘One you aren’t even sure if you want!’ Claire pointed out. Cal sighed and before he could say anything else, Jessica walked into the office. ‘I hate to break up this lover’s spat, but Danny’s in the weight room and he’s trying to over do it,’ Jessica said. Cal swore under his breath and followed Jessica, stopping in the.