and older than my dog Pokey who's 16. It all began 23 years ago when my grandmother and me were camping high above the Grand Canyon in Arizona on a rainy night. We had just said our nightly prayers, removed our dentures and were ready to sleep when a gang of mountain lions came out of nowhere (just like motorcyclists) and jumped on our tent, collapsing it instantly. In the darkness I grabbed grandma as a meat-offering because these cats were hungry. "Shut up! I have another grandmother!" I exclaimed during the excitement to calm granny down which didn't work anyway.