The Proposition 1_(2)
Jake was the organizer of the conference I attended at the Joule Hotel in Dallas and, by chance, I sat at his table with 8 other people for lunch. I don’t think we exchanged more than a couple sentences then, but later, before dinner, in the underground bar, he sat down with me. He invited me to dinner and I accepted on the condition that we split the check. He was gracious enough to allow that. We have many things in common. Married, children and a shared interest in outdoor sports like skiing and indoor activities like theater and symphony. But you don’t want to hear about that. I did let him buy a bottle of some pretty expensive wine and I guess that was my mistake. Anyway, we were really hitting it off when …