I met Doug on the phone earlier tonight.

As I was spilling out my great frustration/disappointment/conflicted moment, he wrote me and offered to call. I was happy to accept.

I enjoy meeting people and I can be overexcited sometimes, as he soon found out.

I told him a couple stories I couldn’t believe I was telling, but then again, that’s a familiar feeling to me. I talked about D&D and playing RPGs as a kid. Yeah, Scott, I told him about drawing battle axes in homeroom. I didn’t tell him about the gray furry giant snake except to mention the 36 hour marathon that we had.

Anyway, I just rattled on about everything and nothing – it felt really good.

Thanks Doug for the tremendous encouragement. I enjoy reading your site, even the car stuff. I wish I could build or work on something with my hands in that way. As it is, I burn out computer hardware – I try to do software. Or work out integrals or mathematical series if I can’t sleep at night.

I think my worn out Calculus book will get some rest tonight.