I went to a fundraiser for a group that supports economic justice last night. Some highlights of the conversations (names changed for anonymity) (mostly paraphrased - I don't remember the exact wordings):
"[Rob] is like the smartest guy I've met."
"I don't know, I have a high threshold for 'smartest person...'"
"I bid on your military history lunch thing. I can't wait to discuss the Battle of Teutoberg Forest's impact on the unification of Germany."
"I don't really do unification of Germany ... I mostly do World War 2, some Civil War."
"Sumerian Civil War?"
"Nothing ancient."
"Oh."
"It would have been nice to have the money to go to grad school."
"My grad school was fully funded - I actually saved a small amount of money."
"[Rob] is like the smartest guy I've met."
"I don't know, I have a high threshold for 'smartest person...'"
"I bid on your military history lunch thing. I can't wait to discuss the Battle of Teutoberg Forest's impact on the unification of Germany."
"I don't really do unification of Germany ... I mostly do World War 2, some Civil War."
"Sumerian Civil War?"
"Nothing ancient."
"Oh."
"It would have been nice to have the money to go to grad school."
"My grad school was fully funded - I actually saved a small amount of money."
