Twelve years ago this Saturday ...   September 8, 2000   I woke at three-thirty in the morning.  Well, it was more like severe stomach pains woke me at the are-you-kidding-me hour of three-thirty in the morning ...   ... and as I tossed and turned and made a few up and down restroom trips I cursed the delicious kielbasa and sauerkraut dish my mother served us for dinner. It wasn't until a full … [Read more...]