No, not going that way. After the last time I promised my daughters it wouldn't happen again, and it won't. Just gone from this forum. Please someone forward this to Michel so I can't just stroll back in in a different mood. It's for the best. Blathering away on the UT is not good for me and I am not good for the forum. It seems like another lifetime ago when I was an MVP. There is something seriously wrong with me and I need to deal with that first.

I will miss nearly all of you. That includes you, Bill Kuhn. I meant what I said about being loyal to people who have become friends through shared experiences. Alan Papow, baseball man. We can still go to a game, you know. (Now here is a moment of lightness. One of the colleges Emily has been admitted to is Marquette and she says she doesn't want to go there. She says Milwaukee is "ghetto" and the only thing she likes in it is Miller Park). Charles Hankey, the smartest person I know. I should really stop because people will start to feel left out. Tore, Dragan, Metin, Viv, Nick, Bonnie, on and on and on. Thank you all.

A particular tip of the hat to Tamar, who has gone way beyond the call and way beyond ordinary tolerance. I cannot thank you enough.

On to a new focus and not letting myself start dying at age 54.

Mike