So for the next year, I won't be writing regular columns, though I hope to weigh in from time to time if something really important happens, such as a cow exploding in a boat toilet.

I think that can be arranged. Perhaps we'll give him a little rest while we consider how to set it up.

Of course finding a cow with kamikaze inclinations might be tough and we'd want a willing volunteer; but we can also consider organizing major league slug racing or some other comparably interesting and noteworthy event. Dave was always quite versatile.

Now who do we have here who knows something about boats?

John