I did not predict the full range of creativity.

We expected to see Palm Beach, Broward and Dade schools coming to the museum. But we're getting school groups booked from as far away as Wisconsin. That gives a whole new meaning to Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale.

There were many museums competing for this show, so there was a bit of 'who you know' involved in our getting it. They knew we could accommodate a show of this scale, and South Florida had the audience to support it.

The staircase will remain as a permanent work of art.

She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.

John Updike, in that book you gave me, he said the dead make space. Do you know what I think? Updike doesn't know dick about what it's like to be a homicide cop in Baltimore.