Hey! When did they put Jack Layton on the $100 bill? If you dropped by last week you learned it was my birthday. What you didn't know was that through the magic of post-dated posts I wasn't even here. Ha, fooled you. Last week Mrs. dufus and I travelled out to beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia on Good Friday to visit her mom (the dufus-in-law) for Easter. We had a nice visit of 5 days then flew back in time for my birthday. We did the usual things. I read a couple of books. We ate out a lot. We watched hockey on TV. We visited a winery or two. We even met up with a couple of good friends who coincidentally were travelling in the same area. And as a surprise for her mom we took my wife's son (Jr. dufus-by-marriage) with us without telling her in advance. It was a good week. Especially for me. Mrs dufus' mom bought me a golf shirt and sweater in advance of my birthday and sprung for a great dinner at a wonderful French restaurant called Bouchons Bistro where, according