Once I surprised myself by taking a long shot. The station provided a phone number you could call to listen to its shows over the telephone. I called in from my mom’s living room in Las Vegas, and when the contest came on, I called in, not really imagining I could reach the station just in time to be caller number seven. But then I heard the magic words, the congratulations... followed by the announcer’s asking, "What’s your name?" I hemmed and hawed until I thought of a friend we hadn’t used yet. I gave his name and covered the awkward pause by blurting out, "I’m so excited, I could hardly say my own name!"