Steve just used his PAF at 4:30 PM EDT. I'm posting this here because they're not always calling PAFs to stand down.

Thanks for the heads-up, Leszek. I appreciate it.

Well, I for one am surprised and impressed at the caliber of Steve's PAFs (two of them, anyway). Can't wait to hear how everything worked out.

There's one other name who most people on this board will recognize among the people on Steve's PaF list. When Steve told me Leszek and this other person (I'm not gonna reveal a name just yet) were on his PaF list, I told him it's like putting Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron on the same baseball team. Call me the batboy or the rookie outfielder. I was shocked and honored to be in the same list as those people.

Well, I guess I did something right, having someone of the caliber of a Mike Klauss feeling like a batboy. :)

Everything worked out well with my PaF - thanks Leszek! For my full results, you'll just have to watch the show Wednesday, January 28 (I think - I'll know for sure the day before).

In case you're curious, the other name Mike mentioned was none other than Paul Goebel, everyone's favorite TV Geek. (Movie Geek Marc Edward Heuck offered to be on my list as well, but was unavailable on my tape date.)

How did I get such a great team? Simple: I asked people. (Just one of many life lessons taught to me by my wonderful coach, a fellow game show winner, who was my audience companion.)

Now, only three months until America sees me look like a fool - before even being asked a question! :)