I'm catching up on e-mail. Lots of reader response to the food tips:

Amanda writes: Caren, I'd just heard that about tomatoes - leaving them out on the counter rather than putting them in the fridge. I left one out and it spoiled much faster.

Sorry, Amanda. And apparently, I've ruined not one but two lives:

Almost 10:00 A.M. and not a single snowflake! I bet my friend 1,000,000 Kopkas, my camel and my young daughter's virginity all because of Mook! I will very much miss my 1,000,000 Kopkas and my camel! -- Mickey

Sitting on the edge, sitting on the ledge of the world...