The Cobb's Holiday Party was fun. It was good seeing some folks that I hardly ever see. Brian wasn't there, his dad died a week or so ago. It took me by surprise because his mom had a stroke earlier this year and I was thinking so much of her that I felt like I had been hit when David Sparks told us. I felt tricked, a rube in sick card trick. His dad wasn't well; he had a heart transplant a few years ago but never really got well.

Brian is such a good guy, I feel very sad for him and his family.