Art Van and my unpleasant surprise 5-27-11

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, thank you again for continuing to buy my fitness book, FIT after 50. I am sure you already realize this, but I do not need to see proof of age before sending you one. Thus, if you are below the age of 50, it's still okay to read it. Returning to the title subject of this posting, a reader wrote to me this week and reminded me of the horrible incident I wrote about in my first novel, Grosse Pointe Pimp. It was the summer of 2002, and I was officially the Captain of Art's new Michigan boat, a 60 foot Sea Ray yacht with twin supercharged diesel engines. Was it fast? Oh yes. Forty mph on the water in something that big is fast and leaves one heckuva big wake behind you! Did I enjoy captaining a 1.5 million dollar ship up and down the St. Clair River? Does the pope wear a funny hat? Has Art ever promised something he didn't deliver on? Of course I enjoyed it!  To be continued....