Last month, I attended the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for the alumni association at my alma mater, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. My wife, Carole, was one of the inductees. It was a fine evening, with drinks, a nice dinner, and speeches from honored guests (most of which exceeded their allotted time limit). Normally, when captive in an audience, I tend to quickly zone out, daydream, think about our next vacation, or nod off. However, the first speech was pretty good, the next was very interesting, the third entertaining…..  heck, every one of the first 16 until they got to Carole’s (which was the best, of course) were excellent. I never got the chance to get bored.