Dr. S. bombed today. After the only response to his "Questions about anything I've mentioned so far?" was the chirping of crickets, he said, "There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers." At this point the crickets stopped chirping. Since his comment intimated that the professor might be an idiot, there should have been, at the very least, a nervous titter. I was staring at his feet. He has enormous feet and what appear to be tiny calves. -Zh.