like brangelina. we joked truthfully that we were getting conspicuously uncoupled. that's really what it felt like. like many couple, we also had a first time we met story. it involved me waiting for my job interview reading a book. that's actually tamar's story. i've never told mine. so this is a good moment to share it with you. i first met tamar when i was interviewing for the school education program din eight or position. i came from environmental education where fleece and non conformity proliferate. from the start, tamar mystified me. she did. she was what i expected. i wondered who is this polished and poised woman who had professional excellence. and how and why did she find herself in a job teaching kids about nature? and what makes her tick? what is her story. she really have a dog that looks like a sloth like you told me in the interview. that was easy to find out. she does. all these questions burn in my mind. of course, i couldn't ask them directly. i would have seemed really weird. in my final interview, i asked about her work background. do you remem