[Rick Lee]

Time for a periodic reminder to change your smoke detectors' batteries. I awoke to a chirping detector this morning. No fire, just a battery on its last legs. Of course, when I went to change all of them, I discovered one (in my guitar room!!!) had no battery at all. I just paid $18 for five batteries (and $20 for two bottles of wine). Will you ever have a fire in your house that costs less than that? I also have fire extinguishers in my kitchen, garage and by my bed, in case a .45 and a shotgun can't deal with the fire.