“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Evan didn't leave the next morning as I expected. Instead, we ordered breakfast from room service. He read the newspaper aloud to me and then I found my favorite comic, The Far Side. Evan had never heard of it, to my great shock and dismay. I immediately made a note of this and reminded myself to buy him a book of Larson's hilarious comics.
I looked over my coffee cup at him and pointed out, "Don't you have to go to that conference today?"
He explained, "It's only a trade show today. I have already decided the laser is going to be a sound investment. I
