Two Decades of Laughs with Substance --DeWese

I promised my personal trainer, Tommie Batgos, I would mention his name in my column. He has motivated me and given me enormous energy and new stamina. He has not only muscled me up, but his sessions are entertaining and fun.

Finally, thanks to my wife of 42 years, Anne—Attila the Nun—for reading these columns aloud and laughing at my self-deprecation, which she knows to be true. And thanks to two of my best friends, my daughter Susanna, the battling defense attorney, and my son Andrew, the up-and-coming investment banker, for reading these columns before submission.