Also, the sum of the facts never adds up to human reality. Too much else goes on in the cranial wetware.

I hope TB finds a publisher. As he gets older, he may find it easier to compromise, or at least more tiring to argue, so working with an editor will become easier.

On the other hand, a friend said the other day (talking about her mother and mother-in-law), "As we get older, we become what we are only moreso." She went on to say she expects to get bossier, but I think she's reckoning without her grandchildren.