Dinner with the professor and the wife Friday was fantastic. She had some good ideas about the screnplay though, we didn’t discuss it much. The wife and the professor connect in a positive way and it’s obvious that each is interested in the opinion of the other. It’s always nice when they people you respect, respect each other. Of course, I respect and admire the professor too. Not to put words in their mouth, but I’m going to go out on a limb and speculate that the professor thinks what I’m doing with the book is a little crazy because the odds are long. But I think the odds of becoming a tenured professor at a major university are longer. They have to publish to get that far anyway, plus teach a full course load and that’s just what I know about. I’m sure there are other endless requirements to get tenure. All that sounds a lot harder than what I’m doing.

Most of the time, I don’t think about the odds. The odds aren’t in my control. Sometimes, you just gotta believe anyway. No matter what, you gotta believe.