One of the tenets of this Summer of Yes is to rethink all that conventional wisdom that's been dryrotting my mental fibers since I came of age. Item #1. The man pursues, the woman demurs then acquiesces, the world continues spinning happily on its tilted axis. You know, I've seen too much variety in the human experience to acquiesce to this particular piece of rot. It's downright anti-American to accept a tenet in which you're the loser from the starting gate. Bah humbug! I say. (This is all to waste time so I don't email the Okie. Or call the Okie. Can't stop daydreaming about the Okie...)