If you apologize in advance for a question you’re pondering, the resulting conversation is easier to endure.
So I said to the husband, “I apologize for this really stupid question, but if we can put a man on the moon, can we not find a way to nudge an approaching hurricane 2 degrees to the west or east?”
Apparently, I was brilliant.
“I was just thinking about that this morning,” he said. “If we are, …
