The thread "A Very Special MMario Shawl" makes me very glad I haven't followed your advice, Jim.:-) That and a few other threads, phone call, gift-exchanges, letters, in-person meetings, etc. including the virtual release party for Rick Fielding's last CD.

It is odd, Mortee, what she did, but we are all curious, as you said. In Tuesdays with Morrie the author tells of how they did get together a "pre-death" memorial for Morrie, so that he could hear, there and then, what folks thought of him. He was an extraordinary man and requested such. That was the last book my mom read before she died. I remember her remarking on what a great idea that was.

kat