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Hey, Dad, welcome to Railton.
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Just a couple questions.
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How come you didn't come to my wedding?
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Or want to meet your only grandchild?
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Or how could you abandon me
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when I had a rope around my neck?
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That's it, just those questions.
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Feel free to write
your answers on a postcard
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and mail it to me.
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Then we can go back
to avoiding each other.
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I'm coming in!
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Dad! Get out!
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Hm...
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I almost took a shower with our daughter.
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She came in the night.
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She slept in her old room.
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What's that about?
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Mm...
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{\an8}She didn't want to say,
she wanted to sleep.
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{\an8}If we turned her room into a gym,
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{\an8}this wouldn't happen.
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{\an8}Or she'd get into great shape.
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{\an8}- Bright side.
- Mm.
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- I saw my father on Tuesday.
- What?
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I was in my car.
I just wanted to get a glimpse.
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There he was.
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What did he say? Or just how... did it go?
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We didn't talk.
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{\an8}I don't want to be lied to,
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{\an8}and I only want to know
he's here because he's old,
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unemployed, and wants to be taken care of.
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{\an8}- That's understandable.
- I'm going for a run.
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{\an8}- Great.
- That's... important.
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Oh, it's my mom.
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{\an8}Oh, yeah, she's been calling me.
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{\an8}You too?
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- Did you talk to her?
- No, I wouldn't know what to say to her.
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Why haven't you answered my calls?
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Because my, um, caller ID works.
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{\an8}You hurt your father very badly, you know.
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{\an8}He played me the message you left.
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Oh, he's keeping my messages.
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{\an8}What message?
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I left a message for my dad.
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{\an8}I told him he's not welcome
here in Railton.
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{\an8}It was a cruel thing to say.
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{\an8}It stung him very badly.
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It was so over the line,
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{\an8}Henry says he's leaving after the weekend.
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{\an8}He says he's going to North Carolina.
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North Carolina? What's in North Carolina?
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Oh,
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a graduate student
that he hasn't seduced yet.
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- Gruen.
- What's that, the monster from Beowulf?
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His second wife.
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It would be a terrible situation for him,
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living out the last of his days
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in a place he has no connection to,
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far from any family...
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And the monster's Grendel.
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Well, you tell him
to have a nice trip,
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and the monster is Grendel's mom.
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Hank!
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This is something
that's very important to me.
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He'll leave for good
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if you don't come by and ask him to stay.
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I'm not going to do that.
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I'm asking you.
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Hank isn't available this weekend.
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He has a conference.
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Is that true?
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It's true I've been invited
to a conference,
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in Harrisburg.
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Oh, you can skip that.
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You have a choice to make
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between your father
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and an insignificant regional conference.
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It's good for guys to have a thing.
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This conference is kind of our thing.
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And the one year you decided to pull out
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is the one year I'm presenting.
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I was beginning to take it personally.
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Yeah, I've had
a lot going on, you know.
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Oh, sure, sure, sure.
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It's just that you decided
not to come weeks ago,
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like the minute you saw the program
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with my name and photo
prominently displayed on it.
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- I did?
- Mm-hm.
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I think we have a different definition
of "prominent".
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It's page three. Page three is the best.
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Phew...
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I got two other pages
that will knock your socks off.
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Let's go.
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I hope I don't meet anyone from last year.
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- You probably won't.
- Or the year before.
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Uh, Rosencrantz
and Senor Guildenstern, please.
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How many times have you heard that today?
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Beats the Nietzsche brothers.
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No, it does not.
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Devereaux and Conigula.
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Go right to page three?
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Whoa, whoa.
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I did not know Gracie
was going to be here.
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Quick, hand me my fake mustache.
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You've got a beard.
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Right. So, my Austin Powers teeth.
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You're too kind.
Look at her, holding court.
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Wait till they find out she's an idiot.
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That Atlantic poem was a total fluke.
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It was one of those
infinite monkey things?
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Infinite monkey? No.
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Twenty monkeys,
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and they can take breaks,
and they need one typewriter.
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They'll poop out that poem in ten minutes.
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Come on.
- No, drinks first. Come on.
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I can't believe
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that was just your first poem
published in The Atlantic.
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- Wonderful.
- And such specificity.
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Do you write with a pen or a scalpel?
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Oh, please.
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You all honor me, truly.
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Honestly, I don't know what comes next.
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I'm just trying to slurp the marrow
from the present moment.
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Poet laureate, 5:00.
Dr. Grillo!
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What?
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Ms. DuBois, when I read your poem
in The Atlantic,
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I revisited your book of sonnets.
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I've added it to the syllabus
for my spring seminar.
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I'm collecting selected poems
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for an anthology of contemporary poets
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re-imagining traditional forms.
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I would love to include
a villanelle of yours.
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Let's get a drink later.
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I would love that. I would...
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I do remember you, yes.
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You had a hat with a feather,
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and the feather blew off
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and landed in a lady's drink, right?
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Uh, that was you.
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I prefer to be remembered for my work...
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- Well...
- ...but I'll take it.
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Hank's a novelist,
so it's his job to be kind of a dick.
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Ah.
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When do you present?
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Tomorrow afternoon.
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I have a paper on Ecophilosophy
in a Post-Roe World.
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How about you, Hank?
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Are you presenting?
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- I don't know.
- You don't know if you're presenting?
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You were saying about Appiah's
piece in the Times last Sunday?
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Absolute rubbish.
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This widower wrote in
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to ask if it would be ethical
to read his deceased...
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Sorry.
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...and asked him specifically not to do.
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Uh, gin martini, extra olives, please.
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Thank you.
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That would be a mistake.
- What?
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That woman you followed in here.
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"Anna Howard, professor
of comparative literature,
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"University of Michigan."
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However tempting,
a dalliance for a dalliance
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is not an ethically-sound idea.
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I shouldn't be here.
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You're my biggest fan. I'm on page three.
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I'm afraid I'm going to do
something stupid.
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Let me get you a drink.
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After that, get a massage, take a schvitz.
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Do any stupid thing you want,
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except boink her, 'cause you'd regret it.
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When am I going to learn
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that hotel rooms aren't fun anymore?
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I mean, when you're young,
they're full of potential,
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an exotic alternative
to your own crappy bedroom,
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and clean sheets, too,
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but at some point,
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you just start thinking
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about all the losers
who stayed here before you.
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Oh, that's sad.
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All the losers,
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hoping beyond hope
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to meet someone
in the hotel bar and get laid.
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♪ Never mind
About the best of clothes ♪
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♪ Better still
Just try to book me I know ♪
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♪ If I... ♪
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Hey!
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- Do you need a hand?
- Hi, yeah.
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Can you put this in the very front.
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Are you finally moving your stuff out?
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How many times
are we going to talk about this?
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Is it such an inconvenience
for me to keep, like,
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a bit of my stuff at your house?
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I thought you liked
having this conversation.
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I thought that's why
you kept your things here
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even though you have
your own big storage space.
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Trunk.
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Are you going somewhere?
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Yeah, Russell and I had a fight,
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so I'm going to take you up on that offer.
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What offer?
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I'm going to come
stay with you in New York.
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Okay, let's just, um...
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Let's just back this up.
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How bad a fight was this?
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That's none of your business.
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Julie!
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- Mom.
- You are married.
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You cannot just run away
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from the first big fight.
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First big fight.
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Mom, Russell literally is like...
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Mom!
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Russell is just...
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He's pissing me off,
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and this is...
Honestly, this is all Dad's fault.
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How so?
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Because he got him that job,
and it destroyed us.
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It just destroyed us.
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Like, I honestly don't think we've had sex
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more than, like, ten times
in the last month.
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Oh, yeah?
- Yes,
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and he's not masturbating like he used to,
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so he's totally cheating on me.
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Julie.
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Honey, do you... Do you really think so?
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- I mean...
- Yes.
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Yeah, I'm at work.
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- ♪ Keep it round... ♪
- It's a great time to talk.
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♪ Hold onto it... ♪
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...and they brought nothing.
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Nothing.
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When I go to her house,
I bring banana bread,
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or a zucchini bread,
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a bottle of wine, something,
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and this is the third time it's happened
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where she shows up empty-handed.
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I just think it's disrespectful.
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At this point, she should not
be invited anymore.
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That's what I think!
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I'm sorry.
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♪ Feel the cigarette ♪
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♪ Feel your mouth ♪
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♪ Feel the gutter
Running wild ♪
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♪ It's a good sound ♪
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♪ Spirit locked the door ♪
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♪ Left you in a proper daze ♪
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♪ If you're anxious... ♪
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Hank?
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Hank?
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Dad?
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How did you...
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Apparently, you have a beef with me.
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And it boils down to one thing.
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How could you leave us?
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Me,
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the way that you did.
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That's a fair question.
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Look, son,
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there are three things
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that you don't know about the situation.
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In fact, three simple things,
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once I tell you,
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00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:24,781
I think you'll understand completely.
264
00:14:24,781 --> 00:14:26,575
In fact,
265
00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:29,452
you might even be happy.
266
00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:30,787
One...
267
00:14:33,582 --> 00:14:35,333
Oh, it's hot in here.
268
00:14:36,626 --> 00:14:38,169
Can you do the thing
269
00:14:38,169 --> 00:14:39,588
to get us more steam?
270
00:14:50,348 --> 00:14:53,310
♪ Walkin' along ♪
271
00:14:53,310 --> 00:14:54,686
♪ Trying his best ♪
272
00:14:54,686 --> 00:14:57,188
♪ To take the same big steps
That his daddy took ♪
273
00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,276
♪ Johnny was small
I was ten feet tall ♪
274
00:15:01,276 --> 00:15:02,694
♪ I could write a book... ♪
275
00:15:04,821 --> 00:15:06,990
♪ About a father and a son
And the things we've done ♪
276
00:15:06,990 --> 00:15:08,199
♪ And the way life looked... ♪
277
00:15:10,035 --> 00:15:11,244
♪ I taught him ♪
278
00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:13,038
♪ How to whistle
Through his teeth ♪
279
00:15:13,038 --> 00:15:15,415
♪ And I taught him
How to fade a hook ♪
280
00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:16,583
♪ Uh-huh... ♪
281
00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:17,667
One of the few
282
00:15:17,667 --> 00:15:18,752
species who mate for life.
283
00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:21,046
♪ Find yourself
Another hero, Johnny... ♪
284
00:15:23,798 --> 00:15:27,302
♪ I don't want you
Looking up to me ♪
285
00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:32,932
♪ Find yourself
Another hero, Johnny ♪
286
00:15:34,893 --> 00:15:39,397
♪ I'm just not the daddy
That I ought to be ♪
287
00:16:00,168 --> 00:16:01,544
Hello?
288
00:16:01,544 --> 00:16:02,796
Hank?
289
00:16:02,796 --> 00:16:05,924
I hear the sounds
of a party down the hall.
290
00:16:06,174 --> 00:16:07,634
Female voices.
291
00:16:07,634 --> 00:16:09,094
What time is it?
292
00:16:09,094 --> 00:16:11,680
Are you already in bed?
293
00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,515
Yeah. My presentation is in the morning.
294
00:16:13,515 --> 00:16:14,641
You're coming, right?
295
00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:16,267
Of course.
296
00:16:16,267 --> 00:16:17,894
It's hours away.
297
00:16:17,894 --> 00:16:20,647
I mean, come on,
I really need a distraction.
298
00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:46,756
Ooh, what are the specials?
299
00:16:46,756 --> 00:16:49,926
We have vodka and soda,
300
00:16:49,926 --> 00:16:51,720
and...
301
00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:53,638
Soda with vodka in it.
302
00:16:53,638 --> 00:16:54,973
Oh, that's a tough choice.
303
00:16:54,973 --> 00:16:57,142
I'd say soda with vodka?
304
00:16:57,934 --> 00:17:00,270
I'm going to look for
some of those female voices.
305
00:17:00,270 --> 00:17:01,479
Cheers.
306
00:17:10,488 --> 00:17:12,031
Hard to believe,
307
00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:15,160
but these are some of
the most above-average minds in academia.
308
00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:18,538
Why are they here?
309
00:17:18,538 --> 00:17:20,749
Will they change the world?
310
00:17:21,124 --> 00:17:23,960
Not unless being published
in an academic journal
311
00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:25,420
read by 40 people
312
00:17:25,420 --> 00:17:26,921
is earth-shattering.
313
00:17:26,921 --> 00:17:28,840
No, these people
are in a fierce competition.
314
00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,008
I don't know.
315
00:17:30,008 --> 00:17:32,343
A provocative thesis is one thing,
316
00:17:32,343 --> 00:17:35,805
but Marjorie DeCampos
is going to be there.
317
00:17:35,805 --> 00:17:37,348
From Emory?
- Yes.
318
00:17:37,348 --> 00:17:39,726
They're battling to see
who can stick their heads
319
00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:42,395
furthest up their own butt holes.
320
00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:43,897
Ah, maybe I can help.
321
00:17:43,897 --> 00:17:45,315
Make sure you have a printout.
322
00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:46,441
Why?
323
00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:48,026
Uh, the virus.
324
00:17:48,651 --> 00:17:50,945
What virus?
325
00:17:50,945 --> 00:17:52,781
- You guys don't know?
- No.
326
00:17:52,781 --> 00:17:54,449
Oh.
327
00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:57,702
There's a computer virus
being spread by the hotel WiFi.
328
00:17:57,702 --> 00:17:58,995
Oh, no.
329
00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:00,914
Some hacker from outside
infected the whole system.
330
00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:02,832
- When?
- Like an hour ago.
331
00:18:02,832 --> 00:18:05,543
They've got an IT team
from Zurich is working on it,
332
00:18:05,543 --> 00:18:07,796
but I lost work from the last four years,
333
00:18:07,796 --> 00:18:09,714
so... effing nightmare.
334
00:18:09,714 --> 00:18:10,882
I'm so sorry.
335
00:18:10,882 --> 00:18:12,258
It probably won't affect you guys
336
00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:16,179
because it only activates
if you use certain programs.
337
00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,723
- Word, or Google Docs...
- Oh, that's fine.
338
00:18:18,723 --> 00:18:20,683
...or, um...
PowerPoint, and Keynote.
339
00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:21,768
Oh, my God!
340
00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:22,894
- What?
- Yeesh!
341
00:18:22,894 --> 00:18:25,063
- That's everything.
- I'll tell you what,
342
00:18:25,063 --> 00:18:26,773
it'll destroy your hard drive. Good luck.
343
00:18:26,773 --> 00:18:28,316
My presentation is in Keynote.
344
00:18:28,316 --> 00:18:30,777
Yeah, but mine is tomorrow. I have two!
345
00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,070
I have two presentations.
346
00:18:34,072 --> 00:18:36,991
I have to operate
my happy family of clothing.
347
00:18:36,991 --> 00:18:38,827
Because it's
a charity rummage sale.
348
00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:40,036
I know!
349
00:18:40,036 --> 00:18:41,120
That you helped organize!
350
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,997
This is the best.
351
00:18:42,997 --> 00:18:45,250
This could be every night in New York.
352
00:18:45,792 --> 00:18:47,252
Hm.
353
00:18:47,669 --> 00:18:50,338
There's lots of stuff to do
in New York at night.
354
00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:52,298
Yeah, but what's better than this?
355
00:18:54,425 --> 00:18:55,885
Get out of the way.
356
00:18:55,885 --> 00:18:57,387
What are you doing?
357
00:18:57,387 --> 00:18:58,763
Get away from the closet.
358
00:18:58,763 --> 00:19:01,182
No! Not that one! Oh!
359
00:20:03,661 --> 00:20:05,580
I see you bought your own coffee.
360
00:20:05,580 --> 00:20:06,873
Smart move.
361
00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:09,167
They're feeding us battery acid over here.
362
00:20:09,167 --> 00:20:10,460
Hank.
363
00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:12,378
Anna.
364
00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:14,172
You're one of the panelists, right?
365
00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:15,381
You're the Bronte scholar?
366
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:17,425
- That's right.
- Where did you study?
367
00:20:17,425 --> 00:20:19,344
Northwestern.
368
00:20:19,344 --> 00:20:20,553
Grad school?
369
00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:21,888
Columbia.
370
00:20:21,888 --> 00:20:23,848
See, I think we have someone in common.
371
00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:26,392
- Mm.
- Henry Devereaux?
372
00:20:28,269 --> 00:20:29,646
Henry?
373
00:20:29,646 --> 00:20:31,105
Of course.
374
00:20:31,564 --> 00:20:33,274
Yeah, he was my thesis advisor.
375
00:20:33,274 --> 00:20:34,651
He was a real mentor to me.
376
00:20:35,526 --> 00:20:36,986
Just a mentor?
377
00:20:39,322 --> 00:20:41,616
So, did you study under him as well, or...
378
00:20:41,616 --> 00:20:43,618
No, but I know you did.
379
00:20:46,829 --> 00:20:47,914
I'm his son.
380
00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:54,963
Do you want something from me?
381
00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:57,465
Not really.
382
00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:58,841
Well, that's not true.
383
00:21:02,053 --> 00:21:03,304
Did he ever mention
384
00:21:03,304 --> 00:21:06,766
that he had a son around your age?
385
00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:09,978
I knew you existed, yeah.
386
00:21:09,978 --> 00:21:12,313
Did he express any affection,
387
00:21:12,313 --> 00:21:14,607
or have any fond memories?
388
00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:15,942
It's hard to remember.
389
00:21:20,488 --> 00:21:21,531
How about for you?
390
00:21:21,531 --> 00:21:23,825
Do you feel like he cared about you?
391
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,703
Do you think he's capable...
392
00:21:26,703 --> 00:21:29,247
Of caring?
393
00:21:31,207 --> 00:21:32,583
You should talk to him.
394
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:35,962
He's a...
395
00:21:38,172 --> 00:21:40,258
He's a good man.
396
00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:42,969
Is he?
397
00:21:58,317 --> 00:22:01,279
...poetic voice,
so readily identifiable,
398
00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:03,573
her brachyology, use of rhetorical terms,
399
00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:05,158
wielding rhetorical devices,
400
00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:07,160
syllepsis and apokoinou
401
00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:08,870
like hatchets to her text
402
00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:10,872
while she creates a syntax
403
00:22:10,872 --> 00:22:12,040
for an urban landscape
404
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,958
she both describes and rebirths--
405
00:22:13,958 --> 00:22:16,794
I think I'm going to have
to challenge you on that, Fran--
406
00:22:16,794 --> 00:22:18,004
Okay!
407
00:22:18,004 --> 00:22:19,464
Oh, here we go!
408
00:22:19,464 --> 00:22:21,215
Why is it that we...
409
00:22:21,215 --> 00:22:23,342
How can someone
not be self-aware enough
410
00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:25,511
to know they are irrelevant?
411
00:22:25,887 --> 00:22:28,306
I mean, if your gut doesn't tell you this,
412
00:22:28,306 --> 00:22:30,516
there's a lot of clues.
413
00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:31,809
Just look around.
414
00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:34,562
There's 700 channels on TV,
415
00:22:34,562 --> 00:22:38,232
and not a single one of them
is devoted to poetry.
416
00:22:39,525 --> 00:22:41,110
And you've accomplished
417
00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:43,279
the greatest achievement of your career,
418
00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:46,240
and seven people showed up for
419
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,701
whatever this is.
420
00:22:48,701 --> 00:22:51,370
At least I know I don't matter.
421
00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:56,626
Oh, that one guy looks like Javier Bardem.
422
00:22:56,626 --> 00:22:58,127
Blatcher is working
423
00:22:58,127 --> 00:23:01,005
in a revolutionary poetic verbiage
424
00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:02,507
that we see only in...
425
00:23:32,995 --> 00:23:35,498
♪ I've been thinking lately
About the people I meet ♪
426
00:23:35,498 --> 00:23:37,125
♪ The car wash on the corner ♪
427
00:23:37,125 --> 00:23:38,960
♪ And the hole in the street ♪
428
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,796
♪ The way my ankles hurt
With shoes on my feet ♪
429
00:23:41,796 --> 00:23:44,841
♪ And I'm wondering
If I'm gonna see tomorrow ♪
430
00:23:44,841 --> 00:23:47,510
♪ Father, forgive us
For what we must do ♪
431
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:50,304
♪ You forgive us
We'll forgive you ♪
432
00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:52,974
♪ We'll forgive each other
Till we both turn blue ♪
433
00:23:52,974 --> 00:23:55,852
♪ Then we'll whistle
And go fishing in heaven... ♪
434
00:24:01,691 --> 00:24:04,735
♪ I was in the army
But I never dug a trench ♪
435
00:24:04,735 --> 00:24:06,863
♪ Used to bust my knuckles
On a monkey wrench ♪
436
00:24:06,863 --> 00:24:08,823
♪ I'd go to town and drink ♪
437
00:24:08,823 --> 00:24:10,283
♪ Give the girls a pinch ♪
438
00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:13,369
♪ But I don't think they ever
Even noticed me ♪
439
00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:16,205
♪ Father, forgive us
For what we must do ♪
440
00:24:16,205 --> 00:24:19,167
♪ You forgive us
We'll forgive you ♪
441
00:24:19,167 --> 00:24:21,669
♪ We'll forgive each other
Till we both turn blue ♪
442
00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:24,797
♪ Then we'll whistle
And go fishing in heaven... ♪
443
00:24:35,808 --> 00:24:37,185
No!
444
00:24:38,811 --> 00:24:40,646
Come on!
445
00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:41,814
That's it, that's it!
446
00:24:44,442 --> 00:24:46,068
No. No...
447
00:24:46,068 --> 00:24:47,820
No, I don't want to hear it.
448
00:24:47,820 --> 00:24:50,865
You shouldn't have
stayed out late every night for a month.
449
00:24:50,865 --> 00:24:52,909
That's not someone wanting to be with me.
450
00:24:54,118 --> 00:24:55,995
How long does it take to put up chairs?
451
00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,288
There's, like, 30 chairs,
452
00:24:57,288 --> 00:24:58,748
and it takes five seconds a chair.
453
00:24:58,748 --> 00:25:00,041
That doesn't add up!
454
00:25:00,041 --> 00:25:01,209
That's just math!
455
00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:10,676
I'm just going to say something
456
00:25:10,676 --> 00:25:13,012
that you don't want to hear.
457
00:25:13,012 --> 00:25:16,182
Is it possible that he's just
actually working late?
458
00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:18,935
Yeah, but it's "why is he working late?"
459
00:25:18,935 --> 00:25:21,979
It's because he took a job
to be away from me,
460
00:25:21,979 --> 00:25:24,398
just like you're taking a job
to be away from Dad.
461
00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:26,609
That is not...
462
00:25:26,609 --> 00:25:27,693
That...
463
00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:29,487
That is not why I took this job.
464
00:25:29,487 --> 00:25:31,697
Oh, come on, it's me.
465
00:25:31,697 --> 00:25:33,407
Yes, I know who I'm talking to.
466
00:25:33,407 --> 00:25:35,493
Okay, calm down.
467
00:25:35,493 --> 00:25:38,496
- You guys are going through something.
- I get it.
468
00:25:39,288 --> 00:25:41,874
- No, you don't.
- So you and Dad are just perfect then?
469
00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:43,834
No. No, Julie, there are little things,
470
00:25:43,834 --> 00:25:45,169
but they're little things,
471
00:25:45,169 --> 00:25:47,046
and then when there's a bigger thing,
472
00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:49,090
then we work it out.
473
00:25:49,090 --> 00:25:50,591
That's what you want from me?
474
00:25:50,591 --> 00:25:52,510
- Yeah.
- You want me to work it out with Russell
475
00:25:52,510 --> 00:25:54,804
and stay with him,
and then in, like, 25 years,
476
00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:56,514
leave him in a cloud of denial?
477
00:25:56,514 --> 00:25:57,932
Oh!
478
00:25:58,975 --> 00:26:01,102
Oh, my God. Get in the car.
479
00:26:01,852 --> 00:26:03,396
We are going to talk to Russell.
480
00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:06,357
No, we're not doing that.
I want to finish the game.
481
00:26:06,357 --> 00:26:08,484
Get in the car.
482
00:26:08,484 --> 00:26:09,694
No!
483
00:26:24,458 --> 00:26:25,584
That was super mature.
484
00:26:28,087 --> 00:26:29,588
Come on!
485
00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:31,507
You got it! That's it!
486
00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:36,304
Aw!
487
00:26:51,485 --> 00:26:54,864
A little early, no?
488
00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:56,657
It was a disaster.
489
00:26:56,657 --> 00:26:58,743
- What was?
- What was? My talk was.
490
00:26:58,743 --> 00:27:00,536
I'm almost glad you weren't there.
491
00:27:01,454 --> 00:27:02,663
It doesn't matter.
492
00:27:02,663 --> 00:27:04,707
I just, I don't even know where to start.
493
00:27:06,334 --> 00:27:08,085
Can I get the same thing?
494
00:27:08,085 --> 00:27:10,629
Um...
495
00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:12,798
start in the middle?
496
00:27:12,798 --> 00:27:14,967
I missed a key paper last year.
497
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:18,471
Everything I was saying
about the neuroscience of moral judgment
498
00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:20,014
was apparently made irrelevant
499
00:27:20,014 --> 00:27:21,766
in the third quarter of
the Journal of Neuroscience,
500
00:27:21,766 --> 00:27:23,225
which, in hindsight,
501
00:27:23,225 --> 00:27:26,228
may have been a pretty good thing
for me to have been reading.
502
00:27:26,228 --> 00:27:27,813
Well, let's...
503
00:27:27,813 --> 00:27:30,358
Let's qualify relevance here.
Relevant to who?
504
00:27:30,358 --> 00:27:32,693
I mean, how many people
showed up at this thing?
505
00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:34,320
What does that matter? It was my research.
506
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,906
I'm just trying to put it
in perspective, right?
507
00:27:36,906 --> 00:27:39,158
It's not like you lost
a patient on the table.
508
00:27:42,036 --> 00:27:44,705
The whole thing
was extra embarrassing
509
00:27:44,705 --> 00:27:46,499
because I couldn't access my notes.
510
00:27:46,499 --> 00:27:49,168
There was a virus on the hotel WiFi.
511
00:27:52,046 --> 00:27:53,214
I heard that was a hoax.
512
00:27:53,589 --> 00:27:54,673
Oh, God...
513
00:27:55,007 --> 00:27:56,550
Go on.
514
00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:58,469
There's nothing to go on about.
515
00:27:58,969 --> 00:28:00,221
It was a nightmare.
516
00:28:00,221 --> 00:28:02,181
I can never come back here.
517
00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,559
I think you're wallowing.
518
00:28:06,519 --> 00:28:08,562
It wasn't that important to you yesterday,
519
00:28:08,562 --> 00:28:09,980
or the day before.
520
00:28:09,980 --> 00:28:11,899
I think you're sinking
into your feelings--
521
00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:13,776
Of course it was important
to me yesterday.
522
00:28:13,776 --> 00:28:16,529
This has been my work
for the last three years.
523
00:28:16,987 --> 00:28:20,533
Your work for the last three years
was getting laid
524
00:28:20,533 --> 00:28:23,035
and cheating at racquetball.
525
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:25,121
I was there, I saw it. Not the sex.
526
00:28:25,121 --> 00:28:27,915
Dude! If that's what you saw,
527
00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:29,542
you weren't there at all.
528
00:28:31,836 --> 00:28:34,171
Are we... Are we having
a real argument right now?
529
00:28:34,171 --> 00:28:35,589
Because this...
530
00:28:35,589 --> 00:28:37,258
This isn't supposed to matter,
531
00:28:37,258 --> 00:28:39,969
this academic circle-jerk-a-thon
we come to every year.
532
00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:42,471
I mean, making fun of these guys
533
00:28:42,471 --> 00:28:45,474
has been one of the foundational pastimes
of our friendship.
534
00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:46,976
No, it's not.
535
00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:49,145
We make fun of them for their haircuts.
536
00:28:49,145 --> 00:28:51,021
We don't make fun of them for caring.
537
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:53,774
I did, a little.
538
00:28:55,985 --> 00:28:57,319
I see that now.
539
00:28:57,445 --> 00:29:00,489
I don't get why.
540
00:29:01,282 --> 00:29:03,284
You've checked out of academia.
541
00:29:03,284 --> 00:29:05,411
You've checked out of writing.
542
00:29:05,411 --> 00:29:06,829
You've detached yourself
543
00:29:06,829 --> 00:29:10,124
from pretty much
everything you care about.
544
00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,877
Every year, you care about less,
545
00:29:12,877 --> 00:29:14,211
and you're more depressed.
546
00:29:16,464 --> 00:29:18,591
I just don't see why.
547
00:29:20,426 --> 00:29:24,096
There's other things
to care about than work.
548
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:25,389
I got a wife and a kid.
549
00:29:25,389 --> 00:29:27,808
I know that hasn't worked out for you.
I'm sorry,
550
00:29:27,808 --> 00:29:30,060
but it's damn important to me,
551
00:29:30,060 --> 00:29:31,854
so...
552
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:35,816
Things didn't seem so rosy
553
00:29:35,816 --> 00:29:37,985
the other night at your dinner party.
554
00:29:55,711 --> 00:29:57,338
This is going to be great.
555
00:29:57,338 --> 00:29:59,590
You're acting like
we're on a reality show.
556
00:30:01,509 --> 00:30:03,302
My break ends in ten minutes.
557
00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:05,137
Thank you for sitting down with us.
558
00:30:05,137 --> 00:30:06,555
You're so welcome.
559
00:30:06,555 --> 00:30:09,225
I'm always willing to sit down
and talk things through.
560
00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:12,561
Yeah, for ten minutes.
- I don't make the bar schedule, okay?
561
00:30:12,561 --> 00:30:14,480
Mr. Travis, he makes the bar schedule.
562
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,025
- The point is I've never seen--
- I've told you so many times--
563
00:30:18,025 --> 00:30:19,318
Take a breath!
564
00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,946
We can't get anywhere if we're hot-headed.
565
00:30:21,946 --> 00:30:23,572
I agree.
566
00:30:23,572 --> 00:30:27,159
Do you think you can use your calm-down
techniques for every situation?
567
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:29,703
Is this what you do with Dad?
Because I'm beginning to see your fight
568
00:30:29,703 --> 00:30:30,913
from his point of view.
569
00:30:30,913 --> 00:30:33,749
What fight? We are not having a fight.
570
00:30:33,749 --> 00:30:35,793
Uh, I mean, to be honest, Mrs. D,
571
00:30:35,793 --> 00:30:37,044
from the outside perspective,
572
00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:38,546
it kind of seems like
something's going on.
573
00:30:38,546 --> 00:30:39,755
No, absolutely not.
574
00:30:40,047 --> 00:30:42,091
Then why you are kissing
other men at bars?
575
00:30:42,675 --> 00:30:44,301
What?
576
00:30:44,301 --> 00:30:45,511
I'll tell you about it later.
577
00:30:45,511 --> 00:30:46,887
How do you know--
578
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,057
I'm sorry,
he called me the other day and told me
579
00:30:50,057 --> 00:30:51,684
when he was in that crazy panic.
580
00:30:51,684 --> 00:30:53,060
Who did you kiss?
581
00:30:53,060 --> 00:30:55,688
Okay, look, your father
is experiencing mental anguish
582
00:30:55,688 --> 00:30:59,024
from childhood trauma,
so it actually has nothing to do with me.
583
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:01,110
Oh, my God, that's, like, very serious.
584
00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:03,612
Is he seeing a psychiatrist?
- No.
585
00:31:03,612 --> 00:31:05,281
- He definitely should be.
- Yeah.
586
00:31:05,281 --> 00:31:07,074
There's this guy
that comes into the bar,
587
00:31:07,074 --> 00:31:08,534
and he's a therapist,
588
00:31:08,534 --> 00:31:12,454
but he sees a psychiatrist,
like, for his own problems, right?
589
00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:14,915
- I can get you his card.
- No, thank you.
590
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,751
Can we stop comparing
whatever this is to my marriage?
591
00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:19,169
- Again--
- That's so unfair.
592
00:31:19,169 --> 00:31:20,588
Mrs. D, I feel like you're the one
593
00:31:20,588 --> 00:31:22,381
who's kind of
not seeing things clearly here.
594
00:31:22,381 --> 00:31:24,925
I support Julie, way more
than Hank supports you.
595
00:31:24,925 --> 00:31:26,719
Oh, really? How so?
596
00:31:26,719 --> 00:31:29,972
I would go to New York
if Julie wanted me to.
597
00:31:29,972 --> 00:31:32,016
- If you asked me to, I would go.
- Really?
598
00:31:32,016 --> 00:31:33,892
Yeah, of course.
599
00:31:33,892 --> 00:31:36,270
- That's very nice. Thank you.
- Of course, I'd go.
600
00:31:36,270 --> 00:31:37,563
So then, why are you
cheating on her, big shot?
601
00:31:37,563 --> 00:31:38,856
- Mom!
- Whoa! I'm not.
602
00:31:38,856 --> 00:31:40,065
Julie thinks otherwise.
603
00:31:40,065 --> 00:31:41,233
- I'm not!
- No, I don't!
604
00:31:41,233 --> 00:31:43,360
- I am so not!
- I know! I believe you!
605
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:44,653
What?
606
00:31:44,653 --> 00:31:46,280
- I've told her that!
- That's the reason--
607
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,199
Then why aren't you
masturbating as much, huh?
608
00:31:49,199 --> 00:31:50,367
- Whoa! Okay, hang on!
- Tell me that!
609
00:31:50,367 --> 00:31:51,744
- Mom!
- You brought it up!
610
00:31:52,077 --> 00:31:53,329
You can't say that to him!
611
00:31:53,329 --> 00:31:54,413
You brought it up at the house!
612
00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:55,623
- I'm so not!
- I didn't bring that--
613
00:31:55,623 --> 00:31:56,915
Why did you bring that up to her?
614
00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:58,042
You're masturbating the same amount.
615
00:31:58,042 --> 00:31:59,126
Why would I ever bring that up?
616
00:31:59,126 --> 00:32:00,377
You are a traitor!
617
00:32:00,377 --> 00:32:01,712
You need therapy, too!
618
00:32:01,712 --> 00:32:03,130
For real, you need help.
619
00:32:03,297 --> 00:32:04,506
You do need therapy.
620
00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:05,883
Couples counseling! Yes!
621
00:32:05,883 --> 00:32:08,594
You guys deserve each other.
I think this went beautifully.
622
00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:10,137
Sit down, let's keep talking about that.
623
00:32:10,137 --> 00:32:12,931
We managed to do that
with eight minutes to spare!
624
00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,224
- Good luck.
- Where are you going?
625
00:32:14,224 --> 00:32:15,976
- Don't leave.
- You drove me here!
626
00:32:20,064 --> 00:32:21,065
I would go to New York with you.
627
00:32:21,065 --> 00:32:22,816
- Would you really?
- Yeah, of course.
628
00:32:44,088 --> 00:32:45,214
Give me a moment.
629
00:32:46,131 --> 00:32:47,966
If I'm there more than 30 seconds,
630
00:32:47,966 --> 00:32:50,469
then just say we're due somewhere.
631
00:32:51,887 --> 00:32:53,555
Hank.
632
00:32:53,555 --> 00:32:57,351
Thank you for briefly
stopping by my panel.
633
00:32:57,351 --> 00:32:59,144
For a moment, I thought
you were there to heckle.
634
00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,312
Heckle?
635
00:33:01,855 --> 00:33:02,898
I'm sorry.
636
00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:04,983
- Uh...
- What?
637
00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:08,946
Well, the turnout, you know.
638
00:33:08,946 --> 00:33:10,406
- I mean--
- Oh.
639
00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:12,574
...it's tough when the panelists
outnumber the audience.
640
00:33:12,574 --> 00:33:14,535
- We've all been there.
- No, not at all.
641
00:33:15,869 --> 00:33:16,912
We ran with it,
642
00:33:16,912 --> 00:33:19,248
and we turned the event into a workshop.
643
00:33:19,748 --> 00:33:21,083
It was...
644
00:33:21,250 --> 00:33:24,420
It was the most invigorating
conversation I've had in a long time.
645
00:33:24,420 --> 00:33:28,298
I don't know if I'm just
coming into my own,
646
00:33:28,298 --> 00:33:30,551
or the world is catching up to me,
647
00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:32,302
but I want to wear a T-shirt
648
00:33:32,302 --> 00:33:35,222
that says, "I've been...
649
00:33:35,222 --> 00:33:36,557
"here
650
00:33:36,557 --> 00:33:38,809
"the whole time!"
651
00:33:38,934 --> 00:33:41,270
Maybe I'd use a different meter.
Yoo-hoo.
652
00:33:43,856 --> 00:33:45,190
See you back at the playground.
653
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:46,608
Congrats on The Atlantic.
654
00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:03,375
♪ I'm a-walking down ♪
655
00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:07,463
♪ That lonely road ♪
656
00:34:07,463 --> 00:34:10,632
♪ It's so windy ♪
657
00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:14,470
♪ So chilly and cold ♪
658
00:34:22,311 --> 00:34:26,482
So, how did it go?
659
00:34:26,482 --> 00:34:27,900
Is Julie still here?
660
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:29,610
They have got issues.
661
00:34:29,610 --> 00:34:31,320
I knew that, but did she go home?
662
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,322
She's not here, is she?
663
00:34:34,448 --> 00:34:35,783
You know what?
664
00:34:35,783 --> 00:34:38,786
It's their marriage, and it has nothing
to do with ours.
665
00:34:38,786 --> 00:34:41,330
- Who said it did?
- Nobody,
666
00:34:41,330 --> 00:34:43,749
and I just think
667
00:34:44,875 --> 00:34:47,377
that I'm going to stay out of it.
668
00:34:47,836 --> 00:34:49,004
I think this generation,
669
00:34:49,004 --> 00:34:50,839
they don't...
670
00:34:53,091 --> 00:34:55,010
They see marriage like it's this game
671
00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:58,096
where you just say anything
and you do whatever you want,
672
00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:00,557
and you're really super "over share-y"
673
00:35:00,557 --> 00:35:03,227
about every single stupid feeling,
674
00:35:03,227 --> 00:35:04,686
and all of that
675
00:35:04,686 --> 00:35:06,021
is just supposed to, like,
676
00:35:06,021 --> 00:35:08,565
fit together into a relationship.
677
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,819
I don't know what I'm saying,
678
00:35:11,819 --> 00:35:15,197
except that thank God,
that's not our marriage.
679
00:35:16,281 --> 00:35:19,076
Yeah, okay.
680
00:35:19,076 --> 00:35:21,745
Do you know what I mean?
681
00:35:21,745 --> 00:35:23,121
Yeah.
682
00:35:32,548 --> 00:35:36,260
You ever feel like
you're right next to your life?
683
00:35:36,969 --> 00:35:38,136
I feel like
684
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,138
I'm watching this guy who looks like me,
685
00:35:40,138 --> 00:35:41,765
and he's doing all this stuff,
686
00:35:41,765 --> 00:35:44,768
and I just want to tap him
on the shoulder and say,
687
00:35:44,768 --> 00:35:47,104
"What's your problem?"
688
00:35:49,523 --> 00:35:50,941
I think I want back in.
689
00:35:54,194 --> 00:35:56,947
Respect.
690
00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:00,325
All right, well,
691
00:36:00,325 --> 00:36:01,952
you want to start with New York?
692
00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:04,288
Absolutely.
693
00:36:04,288 --> 00:36:05,414
Okay, great.
694
00:36:05,414 --> 00:36:07,875
Um, I've asked for a four-day week.
695
00:36:07,875 --> 00:36:11,128
As for the living arrangements,
696
00:36:11,128 --> 00:36:13,130
I found a couple of places
697
00:36:13,130 --> 00:36:15,257
that I think are pretty cute, and--
698
00:36:15,257 --> 00:36:17,509
I need to see my dad.
699
00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,261
What?
700
00:36:19,261 --> 00:36:20,470
I'm sorry.
701
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,472
I know you were talking,
and I want to hear it,
702
00:36:22,472 --> 00:36:24,725
but I think I need to see my dad
before he leaves.
703
00:36:24,725 --> 00:36:26,018
Eh... I don't know.
704
00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:27,561
I'm going to go.
705
00:37:35,337 --> 00:37:36,546
Oh.
706
00:37:36,546 --> 00:37:37,965
It's good to see you.
707
00:37:39,383 --> 00:37:40,801
How's retirement?
708
00:37:40,801 --> 00:37:42,135
Oh, well,
709
00:37:42,135 --> 00:37:44,346
it's very new for your father, of course,
710
00:37:44,346 --> 00:37:45,472
and I would say
711
00:37:45,472 --> 00:37:47,975
that an academic never truly retires.
712
00:37:48,850 --> 00:37:51,770
Mom, could I just
talk to Dad alone, please?
713
00:37:52,062 --> 00:37:54,356
Where exactly am I supposed to go?
714
00:38:00,529 --> 00:38:02,114
I'll make some tea.
715
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:14,960
How...
716
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,087
How is your research coming along?
717
00:38:17,087 --> 00:38:18,171
No.
718
00:38:20,465 --> 00:38:21,550
You tell me
719
00:38:21,550 --> 00:38:23,760
what was behind your decision
to move here?
720
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,262
Oh.
721
00:38:25,262 --> 00:38:27,347
Well, I recently retired.
722
00:38:27,347 --> 00:38:29,307
The city no longer felt essential.
723
00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:31,435
Okay, but why here?
724
00:38:31,435 --> 00:38:33,520
I have family here.
725
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,232
We haven't spoken in person
in almost 25 years.
726
00:38:37,232 --> 00:38:40,485
Can we just cut the bullshit
and talk like two adults?
727
00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:42,362
Would you be willing to do that?
728
00:38:42,946 --> 00:38:44,823
I am willing.
729
00:38:46,450 --> 00:38:47,909
Well...
730
00:38:47,909 --> 00:38:50,120
I...
731
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:53,040
I'm feeling a lot of stuff right now.
732
00:38:55,625 --> 00:38:59,421
I've gone over this conversation
733
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,299
for years in my head,
734
00:39:02,299 --> 00:39:04,926
but I don't really know where to start.
735
00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:07,137
Start in the middle.
736
00:39:10,057 --> 00:39:13,101
I think I might begin by telling you
737
00:39:13,101 --> 00:39:15,312
how hard it was for me
738
00:39:15,312 --> 00:39:18,315
to grow up without a father.
739
00:39:19,483 --> 00:39:22,319
What happened to him?
740
00:39:22,319 --> 00:39:26,573
I'm talking about you leaving your family.
741
00:39:26,573 --> 00:39:29,868
When I left, I got a job at Columbia.
742
00:39:29,868 --> 00:39:31,828
After a string of fellowships,
743
00:39:31,828 --> 00:39:35,957
I had the opportunity
to stay at one institution
744
00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:38,043
and focus on my research.
745
00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,753
It was too good to pass up.
746
00:39:39,753 --> 00:39:41,546
I don't give a shit about the job.
747
00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:42,923
I know it was impressive,
748
00:39:42,923 --> 00:39:45,592
but you left mom and me for another woman.
749
00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:49,137
Oh, yes. Well, that was a difficult time--
750
00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:51,723
Difficult? Was it difficult for you?
751
00:39:51,723 --> 00:39:54,476
I'm not being glib here,
752
00:39:54,476 --> 00:39:56,103
I actually want to know.
753
00:39:56,103 --> 00:39:59,106
How exactly was it difficult for you
754
00:39:59,106 --> 00:40:01,775
when you saw a child on the floor
755
00:40:01,775 --> 00:40:03,777
with a rope around his neck. your son
756
00:40:05,487 --> 00:40:08,490
how did that impact you?
757
00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:10,867
And why was the answer to that
758
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:13,370
to cut off all contact with your son?
759
00:40:15,997 --> 00:40:18,667
Oh, you're talking about Hank?
760
00:40:19,876 --> 00:40:22,295
He was a stubborn child.
761
00:40:22,295 --> 00:40:24,339
Strong-willed, demanding.
762
00:40:27,259 --> 00:40:30,428
He won't actually speak to me now.
763
00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:33,223
Did you know that?
764
00:40:33,223 --> 00:40:35,600
I'm talking to you right now.
765
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,061
Yes, you are.
766
00:40:39,354 --> 00:40:41,982
Milk, two sugars, right?
767
00:40:52,325 --> 00:40:53,743
Dad, how did you get to town?
768
00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:55,871
Did you come by car or train?
769
00:40:58,832 --> 00:41:00,667
Either way, I arrived.
770
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:03,753
What day of the week is it?
771
00:41:03,753 --> 00:41:07,090
Oh, my God, we both need a new calendar.
772
00:41:10,093 --> 00:41:13,305
How do you like living in Florida?
773
00:41:15,098 --> 00:41:17,309
It's quite pleasant
here in the winter,
774
00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:18,977
but...
775
00:41:19,352 --> 00:41:20,937
I'll tell you,
776
00:41:20,937 --> 00:41:22,731
summertime,
777
00:41:22,731 --> 00:41:25,650
the humidity is terrible for books.
778
00:41:28,945 --> 00:41:32,199
Who's the current president?
779
00:41:32,199 --> 00:41:35,577
Can we not talk
about politics tonight?
780
00:41:42,709 --> 00:41:46,171
What do you want to talk about?
781
00:41:46,171 --> 00:41:48,840
Well, I have
a new book coming out,
782
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:50,800
and the publishers want me to tour
783
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,887
up and down the East Coast.
784
00:41:53,887 --> 00:41:56,973
I'm awaiting approval
from the college, of course,
785
00:41:56,973 --> 00:42:00,101
and we might have to delay it
786
00:42:00,101 --> 00:42:03,021
until my sabbatical comes up.
787
00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:08,610
I wish you luck with that.
788
00:42:08,610 --> 00:42:09,694
Thank you.
789
00:42:09,694 --> 00:42:12,364
Thank you. I hope it all works out,
790
00:42:12,364 --> 00:42:15,283
but how are things going for you?