My IU sports message board reading started before “Peegs” on a Prodigy.net site, a very active group IU fanatics. One of its most knowledgeable contributors, especially regarding football, was “Dennis” from Lafayette. Sadly, he told us he recently discovered a melanoma on his skin and died about six months later. Another active contributor “Barb Paulin” from California had IN family ties and came back to attend his funeral, having never met him in person. Somehow, we started emailing and after the funeral she ended up coming to my apartment for dinner, again sight unseen. We ended the dinner by enjoying “dessert” together. I had a sweet cherry pie and she a cream-stuffed vanilla eclair. Looking back, it was a strange, but most memorable exchange.