The Professor

He says he does not like his given name and wants to be called "Professor". I wonder about that. He bounced around and taught in several colleges before ending up at a northern university. That was all taken from him suddenly by a devastating stroke. One leg is virtually paralyzed but he swings it in a wide arc and manages to walk with a cane.

Prof talks at every meal about his dream of going back to teaching. I doubt he will ever make it. In addition to his physical limitations, he struggles in conversations to find the right words.

Once he was happily married, but a couple of girlfriends on the side destroyed all that years ago. His ex-wife lives in this area. Occasionally, she loads up her oxygen tank and comes to visit him. He introduces her as "his wife". She promptly corrects him.

He (Prof) lives in dreams of the past that will never be relived. This shows in occasional flashes of anger over his state in life.

Elsewhere, the resident rake made a pass at our resident local lesbian. She said it made her nauseous.

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Change Your Shirt Already, Charlie Brown!