Then you remove years of grime or paint from a piece of trim or a door and discover original old-growth tiger oak, and you know you’d never be able ...o reproduce that kind of treasure on any budget. And if you’re lucky, when working with contractors you find those who share your passion for quality and history.On this nineteenth-century farm house, surrounded by much younger suburban houses on lots that were once its fields, I was getting some county grant money for preservation, so I was forced. It was inevitable.There are two groups of theatre people who don't drink: children and the "recovering" ones. The children were ignored, and the recovering ones were revered. Not admired, really, but looked on as oddities. Respected, but not really a 'part' of things.Actors are unbelievably selfish creatures. They're shallow and petty and jealous and vindictive and phony. They love you as long as you're not upstaging them, but the minute you look better or have more lines or more camera time,. Instinct told me to peep through it. I squat down and put my eyes near it. From the look of it, it was definitely another cubicle from the boy's side. Nobody was there and so I closed the cap again. I stood up and realized that the hole was about the height of my crotch. I was thinking to myself what was that for and it dawned on me that it could be a glory hole! Oh no! The boys must have been putting their cocks through the hole and the girls from this side would be sucking it and that meant. If I tell Steve this is the last time, maybe he'll try harder. I quickly finish my tea and put the mug on the table. Dennis puts his down and stands up. I follow his action and we briefly hug. "Let me know how it goes ok? If it doesn't work out then you can come back here." 30 minutes later I am back at the house ready to fix things. I look at the time. 11pm. I exhale and make my way up to my bedroom, swinging the door open with certainty. Steve is sitting on the bed, staring at a photo frame..