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I've got a feeling

that there is a point of crisis...

...in stable systems

of magnetic fields...

...where small changes get magnified,

and then all of a sudden...

...everything goes amok.

I don't know.

It's just a feeling.

That's why I say fractal geometry

is a lot like the blues.

The passion, the power, the mystery...

I don't know.

Sometimes you have to look

at things in the periphery...

...because if you look right at it,

you don't see what's there.

I'm sorry.

Are you hungry?

I'm going to make

you one of these.

- Honey.

- What?

Give somebody else a chance.

- Beautiful sermon.

- Thank you.

Beautiful sermon.

Hannah, here!

It's always a tragedy...

...to see a young man cut down

in the bloom of his life.

He was a good father

and a wonderful husband...

...although sometimes inattentive.

He always performed satisfactorily...

...but not with the enthusiasm

of the early years.

Nonetheless, it was a cruel,

shocking blow to those he left behind.

We ask God to comfort

and restore Kathy...

...easing her through

the next few months...

...which I know will be a trying

and lonely time for her.

Mommy?

Mommy?

- Are you okay?

- Yeah.

Careful.

We're okay.

I'm having a hard

time with this.

- You forgot me!

- Thank you!

Ready?

Boy, that sermon...

- You seemed to be listening

to every word. - Did I?

I would say...

Not just me, of course, others would say...

...when I was at Princeton...

Grazie.

When I left Princeton, and not just because

I was chairman of the department...

...I think it was the finest math

department in the country.

It was?

The finest?

Because...

I left.

Never mind why.

Okay. I'll tell you.

Woman trouble.

Grad, undergrad,

what's the difference?

Don't ask me, Joe.

I'm the father of two daughters.

There's a headache.

You don't expect them to be virgins

by the time they go to college...

...do you?

Honey.

What?

- That's a good answer.

- No. It's just that they...

- I'll get it.

- No, I'll get it.

No, honey.

I got it!

Boy, she sure comes alive

when the phone rings.

Might I suggest lithium?

No.

For Kathy,

aspirin is a psychedelic.

- Hello.

- Hi. This is Tom.

That's not funny.

You've lost your

sense of humor.

I'll laugh when it's funny.

I just wanted to remind you

of Elliott's opening on Friday.

Dennis Hopper will be there.

Put your name on the list?

Okay.

I'm not sure we can make it.

Whatever.

Bye.

Anybody been hanging up

when you answer the phone?

Yeah, her mother.

Don't tell Kathy.

- Who was that?

- Emily.

Couldn't you two

guys make up?

Historically speaking,

when two women fight...

...it's usually over a man.

- Okay.

- I'm sorry.

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