While recovering from a suicide attempt, Ben Layton accidentally falls in love with a girl who was very nearly, almost his sister - and then things start to get weird.
Venereal disease forces a confirmed bachelor to take stock of his history of one night stands.
Heidi, a professor of astronomy at a prestigious university, is convinced that a rare planetary alignment which occurs every couple thousand years is the key to getting an observatory for her students. But August, a hotshot archaeologist and the newest history professor, might be either the answer or the downfall of her research.