There are all sorts of tempting things around here.

I feel that I still have the energy and the passion for the position, and feel I can still contribute in areas the board is focusing on.

The young ones have a yen for musical variety, plus some of the band's appeal can be traced to those old '30s and '40s movies appearing on late night and cable TV. A lot of kids seeing the band are enthralled by what they hear. We've got some hot players on the stand who can really perform. That really appeals to them.

We observed all sorts of improprieties.

The prices are going to be tempting.

Manual had us out of sorts early on. I don't want to take anything away from Manual, but you can't give them cheap ones like we did. We gave up three big scores that you are not going to get back in a big game.