Richard, dear Richard, being the sweet friend that he is, offered to give me John's email address because he thinks I should get in contact with him again. We were talking about his new show, and how cool he is, and I mentioned that once (ten years ago) John said I should send some of my writing, and that I had chickened out. Richard was outraged. YOU GOTTA SEND HIM SOMETHING! he said. John is a giver, not a taker, he said. John may be inspired by your work, or he needs someone in his office, or, or, or... What if he could mentor me, he wondered. All such fanciful thoughts. He's talking about dreams, here. Dreams he thinks can come true. He's more than double my age - maybe his optimism isn't something I should disregard. Maybe my young pessimism is more of a delusion. I don't know. I said sure, I'll take the email!