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I met Leon in a smoked meats restaurant in Dallas. Actually, I was visiting Beckett and they treated to me to lunch, and Leon knew I was in town so dropped by for a minute.

The funny thing is several months later I mentioned in passing to the head of grading that I was a vegetarian. He felt terrible, apologized and said he should have asked. I assured him that it was okay, I'm not a zealot about it and will eat a hamburger at the odd grill out or if served at someone's house. And the choice in restaurant was fine with me, considering I was visiting Texas. You don't go to Texas to eat their pickled herring.