For a few frantic moments he tried to put out the fire, but soon gave up when he saw that there was just no saving them. He stormed to the front door ...o discover they were locked tight. Nearly incoherent with rage, he fumbled with his keys trying to open the door. He dropped them twice as his coordination seemed to have gone with the rest of normalcy and left no forwarding address. Despite that, however, he did manage to get the right key in the door to discover that Natalie had evidently had. "I usually don't function as her chauffeur, either," she said, obviously thinking it beneath her, " ... except in situations like this where discretion is important." And what the hell is this situation? I felt like a dirty little secret.I would like to say that I was filled with excitement as we drove, but the feelings in my gut were more akin to anxiety and dread. I had no idea what Dana was going to say to me. I knew what I wanted her to say, that Derek was wrong and it was totally fine to. I still don't think I looked that bad.Apolitical AphorismsIf God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.~Jay Leno~The problem with political jokes is they get elected.~Henry Cate, VII~We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office~Aesop~If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.~Will Rogers~Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where. Friday night, it was time to quit for the day and the week. A couple of the women, who worked in the office, asked me if I would care to come along with them for their girls night out and have a drink."I'm not sure my husband would like me going to bars, but I'm sure he goes out when he's out of town. Where do you usually go?"They laughed, "We're all married women too. Our husbands don't really like it either, but we do it anyway. We have a couple of drinks and a couple of dances then we go.