We’re Geniuses (With A Preference For Bright Colors)

Our neigh­bor just referred to Paula and I as genius­es.

Which is some­thing, giv­en that she has a Ph.D. in ear­ly Amer­i­can his­to­ry and her hub­bie has one in elec­tri­cal engi­neer­ing.

I sus­pect the com­pli­ment was more in ref­er­ence to Paula’s prac­ti­cal wis­dom than any­thing else, but I’m still going to be telling all my friends that my genius neigh­bors think we’re smart, too. 😉

Now if only I can get Pablo to come around–he’s the oth­er Ph.D. neigh­bor and he’s not quite con­vinced that I’m sane. His wife, Sri, has a great respect for Paula, though.

The les­son learned: Paula makes me look good and I should keep her.

The oth­er les­son rein­forced: there sure are a lot of peo­ple with doc­tor­ates around here (in fact, 1/3 of adult Men­lo Park res­i­dents have at least a mas­ter’s degree).