Three semi-revealing things about me

1) While descending toward JFK airport, the plane I was riding hit the worst turbulence I've ever experienced. I was seriously thinking I might never see my family again. I also wondered if I could find a way to fold down a couple corners of a page of the book I was reading so that it would highlight a special message to my family, just in case the book made it through the crash but I didn't. It seemed like a nice idea, but unworkable, so I didn't try it.

2) It was only after spending 12 ...