Wit, Wisdom & Wonder

Joshua brought a friend over last night from the boat, a very nice guy named Dominic whom I was thrilled to meet and have dinner in my home with. Try not faint, folks. Dominic just completed the mandatory motorcycle course at NAS Whidbey, where you have the option of using their motorcycles or your own. And when I meant just, I mean 1 hour before I served him dinner. I had some questions, so we all hung out in the driveway with the motorcycles chatting.

He looked over at Josh's bike and frowned, "listen, I really don't mean any offense here, but that's too much bike to learn to ride on. He's got all sorts of after-factory add ons that won't be covered in the class. You need a simpler, smaller bike, cc-wise." He went over a few more specifics, in a very thoughtful manner about Josh's bike then brought me over to his (much smaller profile, lower cc, etc.) had me get on and went over it all, again.

To say I was impressed with him is a gross understatement. This is the kind of guy I wish we had in the local occult community. Intelligent, interested, great manners, lovely voice, good sense of humor and very perceptive. A great student and a great teacher, both.