6. Just before going to bed at night, I will set out "blues traps", so as not to wake up in the morning with blues all around my bed.

7. If I ever go to Houston, I will walk right, I will not gamble, I will not fight.

8. I will never, never, drive a locomotive down the same track as another locomotive coming the other way, even if my own train is late, even if we have to make up time, even if it is old 97, I will not, not, not.

9. I will stay out of the pines. If, for some reason, I do in fact have to spend a night in the pines, I will wear warm clothes, take a flashlight, and bring a sandwich.

10. If I am a dragon, I will not get attached to one little boy, dragons live forever, there will be another of the ungrateful little bastards along before long.