An Empty Seat in First Class

I've always kind of played a little game in my mind -- you know like those little parlor games you play where you ask people what books they would want on a deserted island, or where you ask "If you could invite five famous people to dinner living or dead, who would it be"?  Well I always though it would be more telling to ask "If you could sit in first class next to anyone -- currently living -- who would that be? And what would you say to them?" This question has the advantage that it could really happen.  You might realistically, in your lifetime, have that happen. 

Well, for me -- if anyone ever bothered to ask me that question, "Who would you want to sit next to?" the answer has always been, without hesitation ...

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music:  "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" by Big George Jackson Blues Band (on the podsafe music network)