Well Del, I must tell you that these people (except bet) are really full of it. Just so you know, they couldn't possibly care less. However, my supposition is that, like me, they received an e-mail from Kat yesterday and being the good 'Catters that they are, knew what to do.

First they printed out the e-mail and held it to a mirror. Then taking the first letter from odd numbered words and the second from the even, a sentence was created. Reading the sentence into a recorder and then playing it backward rendered this:

"Dear 'Catters, If you will send a note to Del on his birthday, I will send you a picture of bet and I playing the violin and blowing up a possum's ass while in the nude....Katlaughing"

I tell you this because I have serious doubts about whether of not said picture will actually be sent. Since you may know of a copy, scan that sucker and send it on!!! Now the fact that your big sis there has become one of my closest friends DOES NOT assure me that her promise will be kept......I mean she's creative and can come up with some plausible sounding excuse, like, "I lost the negative when I did the back flip into the banana jello after Rick whacked me with that trout," or "Mick and RiB ruined it when they splattered my only copy with marsmallow creme while singing Wagner in tutu's with metal mammaries," or "I left the negative in a tiple I was using at the Neil Young Center for the Terminally Screwed while Art and I were visiting Joe Offer." (Joe's there recovering from a massive guilt trip) I'm not surprised that Banj and Leej might fall for one of her tales, but not catspaw!!! Seed, Peter, and El Swanno are less easily duped, but...........Anyway, if you have a copy, remember it was Ol' Spaw who let the kat out of the bag, so to speak, AND I WANT THAT PICTURE!!!!!

Oh yeah............HAPPY BIRTHDAY...........Now SOMEBODY needs to come through with that photo!

Spaw
P.S. My Mom was the greatest friend and mentor I could ever have. She's been gone from this world for 32 years, but never gone from my life. A day never passes that I don't think of her wisdom, laugh about her outrageousness, remember her HOT temper and her beautiful voice. If it's the same with you, good. It should be. Wonderful people never leave a hole in your heart, only fill it with the greatest and fondest of memories. All My Best, Pat