Green Grass and High Tides

Now if I let you see this place
Where stories all ring true
Will you let me past your face
To see what's really you?
- The Outlaws

Donna: So, er, thanks for dinner. It was great.
George: Yeah. We should do this again.
Donna: Would you like to come upstairs for some coffee?
George: Oh, no, thanks. I can't drink coffee late at night, it keeps me up.
Donna: (Looks disappointed) So, um, OK.
George: OK.
Donna: Goodnight.
George: Yeah, take it easy.
(Donna leaves car. George realizes what he has done and bashes his forehead in disgust)
- Seinfeld

Oops, I just realized I may have met my second wife last night. I didn't even realize it, and it wasn't at the Fourth Street Cafe. In playing back the conversation in my head later, I had one of those Costanza plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face moments. As Robert Palmer sang:

Let us put man and woman together
And see which one is smarter
Some say men but I say no
The women got the men like a puppet show

Ain’t me, it’s the people they say
The men are leading the women astray
But I say, it’s the women today
Are smarter than the men in every way
- Man Smart/Woman Smarter

As they say, life is what happens while you're making other plans. Go figure, and what a figger. I never would have expected to meet her where I did, nor would I have ever considered that I might hook up with a future jet pilot, particularly since I'm not a big fan of flying. Fortunately, she has other talents and interests. I guess you could call her a renaissance woman, which is not surprising since you need renaissance women to have a renaissance. Fortunately, she has other talents and interests which are more appealing than flying a jet. And she would look good in a uniform.