I'll have you know it took a lot of hard work and trial and error for me to continue making the mistakes I make today. ... When my daughter was in high school she asked, "Dad, have you ever been arrested." "No, but I would put that in the category of minor miracle," I replied. ... It was so cold while I was back in Indiana that there was a line of brass monkeys behind me sobbing inconsolably. How cold was it? It was so cold there were countywide remnants of tongues on pump handles.