Month: April 2015

Many, many years ago, when I was in my early 20s, my then-wife Myra and I were at Penn Station. I’ve no recollection of where we were going, but we were there. And at one point she suddenly said, “Look! It’s Ben Bova!” I turned and looked. “April Fool,” she said.

“Wow, that’s hilarious,” I replied.

She then went off to the women’s room and who should walk past me but Isaac Asimov. “Hi, Doctor Asimov!” I called. “Hi,” he said, waving back.

So Myra returns and I said, “You’ll never guess who walked past! Isaac Asimov!” She said “Yeah, right.” She wouldn’t believe me And because there is a God, at that moment, Asimov walked past in the other direction. I said, “He’s right behind you!” “Uh huh,” she said, refusing to look. I said, “Hi, Doctor Asimov!” And he said, “Hello again!” Her head snapped around and her jaw dropped.

“Don’t go up against me on April Fool’s Day,” I said smugly.

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I was going to put “I’ve had another stroke” in the heading and then the article was going to read “Of genius” and describe some new project or something.

But Kathleen was afraid her phone would explode. And then everyone would get mad.

Okay fine. Happy April Fool’s Day.

Screw it.

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