. I met and shook hands with every cook, dishwasher and potato peeler in the mess hall as well. The meal was very U.S. Army. Hot, plentiful, and ... yes, it was hot and plentiful.We talked football while we ate, and I again got to see how a game could capture the imaginations of grown men. We discussed both championship games. This year's and the year before. People here remembered details of that excruciating loss to the Lake Oswego Lakers better than I did. As people talked of the many miracles. I have blond hair, blue eyes and I am sitting on my knees offering to do anything to get to watch the movie. I was pretty naïve back then, but now I realize this was probably too much even if Mark was straight. “If I only I thought you were serious” he said. “I am serious. Please let me watch it, please, please, please” I said smiling at him. “Say it one more time, very slow this time” Mark told me. “Please, please, please” I said slowly as I was told. “Not that; say I will do anything you want.Read More
