Kevin was over and we were having too much fun. Who knew almost 30 years ago that we’d be hanging out on my back porch, smoking Hoyo de Montereys, watching 2001: A Space Odyssey on a laptop computer with a color screen almost the size of my parents first color television, and just having good conversation.

And no, I don’t smoke cigars often, although I do like to smoke a cigar on my grandfather’s birthday each year to honor his memory. Although if I were honoring him more strictly, I’d be smoking Phillie stogies every August 3rd…