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Tonight I had dinner with a friend I haven't seen for about fourteen years. We've run into eachother on the street a couple of times, but hadn't properly connected for a very, very long time. He lived in Prince George for most of that time, so it's understandable, but still. It's a funny thing, the way time evaporates, the way sitting down with a friend on a Tuesday night in 2007 feels a lot like it felt to sit down with a friend for dinner on a Tuesday night in 1992. Even though we'd both changed vastly-- really! SO MUCH-- there were points of connection that felt the same as in the early days of our friendship. I think it's a very good thing that while some things change so dramatically, other things stay the same. Trust. Love. Confidence. Admiration. It's the good things that last. Thank heaven.