I raced to the bathroom to shower, douche and dress in a lacey little nightie and just made it before the intercom rang. Sex videos I didn’t. I won Sag over on the issue of allowing pipelines to cross our lands though I supported him vigorously and succeeded in preventing any sulphide gas flaring on our lands and even upwind for 5 miles (not enough, in my view, but a major accomplishment, according to some commentators). The Corporate attitude was, and still is “if it’s not really likely to happen, it won’t happen.” Paul’s thesis was “if it can happen, it will happen eventually. I called a family meeting to announce I would be returning to Edmonton for post-graduate studies and probably would not be returning to the ranch except to visit. “Honey, my love, my sweet, adorable whore slut, I would do my best as a man to keep you settled and satisfied, but I know and understand your prodigious needs and would be proud to assist and facilitate fulfillment of those needs in every way.”
What could I say but “Yes”. By September however, I was laying out the framework of my doctoral thesis and one evening was poring over my computer when an unblocked ping came in.
