My grand daughter (Athena) turns 3 on Saturday and I will be at her birthday party in Los Angeles. To complicate matters further, my mother (also in Los Angeles) is recovering from heart transplant surgery. She seems to be doing fine, and no, I will not be doing a guess the bill contest. The surgery was performed at the UCLA Medical Center. The donor, whom I no very little, was a 40 year-old male. He gave up his heart to my mother and a lung to another patient at the UCLA Mediacl Center. I believe he was from the San Francisco area.

I leave today for Los Angeles and will be heading to Las Vegas late Saturday. Sunday marks my son's 21st birthday where he and I will do the Orleans Super Bowl Party.

For those that I told that I would be at Bill's Show, I must apologize for my change in plans and I will have to see you at Munding's Show or at the Convention.

Pictured below is the best grand daughter on Earth! Just ask the attendees to Rene's Show last weekend. I turned down a lot of good chip trades to keep her! Including the $28 Aladdin '93 TOTY!!!!

Thanks, Jim