Kendall,

Like Bill Clinton "I feel your pain". Albeit I'm a lot more serious about it than Bill ever was.

An old mentor of mine once said there are four ways to respond when you get bad news. 1. Let it roll over you like a bulldozer and flatten you to the ground. 2. Pretend it isn't there (this is the psychotic response). 3. Fight against it with all your might. 4. Take it as it is and make it yours by making as much lemonade from the lemon as you can.

I remain constantly amazed by Nan, the country western singer from the Getaway. Due to some accident, Nan became incapable of playing guitar right-handed. So she worked really hard and learned to play left-handed. I don't know how good a guitarist she used to be, but today she accompanies herself very well. She also likes to watch people hand her their right-handed guitar when she hasn't brought hers (Alaska Mike fell for that one this week).

So mope around awhile, you are suffering a loss I wish on no singer. And when you've cried enough (inside your head I would guess), decide what you want to do about this bad news.

You might want to seek a second opinion and ask them precisely what they think you could do if you worked on it. Are you stuck with what you have or are there ways to improve it.

I love you, you old salt.

Roger in Baltimore