 What Richard had meant about the time being weird was that you felt it differently. One day, I was playing racquetball with my new friend Heidi, and we were having a blast, swatting maniacally, unsure how to play because we'd never played before. Then we heard angry knocks at the door. It was a couple, holding racquets and looking testy. "'Can we please use the room?' the woman said. "'We've been waiting.'