She was beautiful and smart and I thought maybe I could ask her number. She told me it was the last 10 digits of pi. At first, I felt crushed, no way I was in a league and she knew it. But then. What if? So I finished my degree in mathematics, soldier through a masters degree and dedicated my doctoral thesis to her. Which calculated the last 10 digits of pi. And I called her number. But I was too late. She’d married the varsity quarterback who dominated in college and pros and all I did was become famous.