The Professor called me last night for the first time. This is the upgrde from our email relationship that has been going on for two weeks now. We talked. For two hours. About everything. I equate it to the 'Seinfeld' episode where Jerry dates Jeanne (the Jeanine Garofalo character) and says he now knows what he has been searching for this whole time: himself. Talking to the Professor is like having a conversation with myself---in a good way. We go to the same places, have many of the same interests, and enjoy similar values. So far, so good. If anything, I hope to be friends with this guy because he seems so nice! funny. Interesting. So, if a friend is what I get out of this, I will be pleased.
We plan to meet next week some time. I'll update this to see if that happens.