I am a retired litigation attorney currently living in Boca Raton, Florida. During recent years I have documented the most memorable and important occasions during my lifetime in order that my friends, family and others who may acquire the attached writings may know me better as a person and understand my inner feelings about those events. It was never my intention of either idolizing, criticizing, or demeaning any of the people or the events contained in these memoirs, as I have tried to recall and record the actual incidents as I remember them. I would like to thank at this time my teacher and friend Steven Kates who acted as my facilitator during the years I took his course writing memoirs. If there is any pleasure obtained by the reader, it may be directly attributable to his critique and inspiration during our classes. Please enjoy. Earl S. Titlebaum