It's great to see a posting from you again Karen. Terri always describes you as having a 'heart of gold' and you continue to live up to that description over and over. As far as winning the 'Survivor' contest, I can assure you that my computer skills, although formidable, would be of no use on a 'Survivor' series. What I'd need ot rely on are my 'McGyver' skills and my luxury item would no doubt be a large roll of duct tape, the handyman's secret weapon.

I have enjoyed hearing about Jack Kamus and so I'll tell yet another story about him. One night, when we were about 12 years old we were walking home from a game and stopped at the 'Dog House', aka, 'Abe's Hot Dogs' and we ordered some food to go. Jack didn't order anything, but was hungry just the same. He asked me if he could have a bite of my hamburger and I agreed and just before he took the bite, he asked if it could be a 'healthy' bite. I agreed again and he handed me back a crescent-shaped remnant with the majority of the burger now gone. It was hard for me not to laugh at this. And you just couldn't get mad at Jack. There was just something about him that was so polite. After all, he had asked for permission to take a healthy bite.

I ate the remnant and later I noticed I wasn't feeling too well and 'refunded' that burger all the while wondering what might have happened to Jack who had the lion's share of the burger. I called him the next day and he admitted to not feeling too well afterward, but he didn't hurl. So Jack unknowingly saved me what would probably be a some serious food poisoning as a result of his 'sharing' my burger with me. Thankfully, Jack had a cast-iron stomach. (I've never eaten at Abe's again).

I thought I'd be skiing with the Dalley sisters this month. They had planned to be out in Colorado and I was looking forward to it, but something came up (a husband's dislocated shoulder) that prevented them from making it out here this week. I skied at Steamboat Springs last week and they had 4' (that's feet) of snow in a single week. I'm an intermediate skier and Terri and I are pretty evenly matched, but you really get to know how out of shape you are when you ski with other people who live to ski. One of the guys in this picture has dedicated his life to skiing and for the past 16 years, this Houston native has worked at service jobs to insure that he has free access to the slopes at Steamboat Springs every day of the ski season. My advice is that if you value your ego at all, you never expose it to people who have made this level of commitment. Seriously, these guys were very gracious and although it was punishing for me, they never once laughed, at least while I was looking....