I think I have mentioned in previous postings that I have great admiration for Bill Gates. Everything about him, to me, registers as significant evidence of a man with a brilliant mind using the fruits of his achievements for the greater good of a humane society. I watched him today on CNN's Jake Tapper show discussing the coronavirus pandemic to which he has focused large amounts of his personal involvement and resources from his charitable foundation.
Watching him on TV over time, I noticed a small facet of his body language: when responding to a question he would engage his right hand with his left hand, and fiddle with his wedding ring. Being an admirer of him I imagined he was subconsciously acknowledging that all his good works came equally from his wife, Melinda. The more likely explanation is that it is simply a nervous tic using the ring as something to fiddle with.
But today on the Tapper show his right hand would still engage with the left but...NO RING. Where is Bill Gates's wedding ring? Did he have a rash and his dermatologist wrote him a prescription for Terbinafine and told him not to wear the ring until the rash was gone? Did he lose weight making a resize necessary? Is everything still OK with him and Melinda? If Jake was doing his job at his usual high degree of professionalism he would have said, "Hey, Bill, what's the deal with no wedding ring?" Now we're all just left to wonder.
