Only now years after I last saw him do I fully appreciate the man that my father was. It was not until some time later that I fully appreciated the ef...ect that he had on me, how he shaped me into the man I am. I never got the chance to thank him for that, I hope that he knew how I felt, that I respected him for that. I grew up in a small town near what I thought was a grand church, though modest it may be. The Local Lord built it more for his own glory more than his desire to be closer to God.. Cold? Cabin heater and hot soup. Beautiful day? "Set the sail and let's GO!" And after all, I bought the boat because I liked to sail. So "Yeah, I think..." I'll have us packed when you get home tomorrow." What about Kara?" Oh, Kara's okay. You know she's thinking of pulling her diploma early and moving to Alabama?" You mentioned that. So she's serious?" Oh, yes. Last word, she was going to talk to her dad." Sounds serious."That's when we found out the latest news from Alabama. Jo's cellphone. Tammi moved her body this way and that trying to see all of herself reflected in the dirty puddle. She flinched as her arm was grabbed and she was spun around. There before her was a short, ale-bellied, old man leering at her. His smile revealed that most of his teeth were gone and the ones left to him were badly stained. Tammi recognized him from seeing him in the village, it was Herbert! He was dressed in his finest clothes, relatively clean with no visible holes, and wore a glittering. Makeover? Oh. Yeah. Bring money. Damn.I read somewhere that on average women who have been dumped spend $800 on a makeover. When Hope left me and cleaned out my loft, I spent $12.95 on a case of beer and didn’t change clothes for two weeks. That was the last makeover I’d had. When you do most of your work in cyberspace, who cares what color your t-shirt is?My self-image is a cross between the dark intensity of Sam Spade and the suave sophistication of Nick Charles. Really? I’m a tall, skinny,.