On my way to the climbing gym this evening, I did something that I do often: I picked up my cell phone, sported my headset in order to be much less of a threat to those on the road around me, and called my friend Melanie. She mentioned to me that, in an email with an ex-boyfriend of hers earlier today, he had written to her that yeah, yeah — one door closes, another one opens…but sometimes, you’re in the hallway.