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I was saddened to hear of Don Hewitt's passing this week.  60 Minutes has been a staple in our home as long as I can remember.  His thumbprint is all over that broadcast, and just this week I understood why it is such a powerful broadcast tool that's lasted these four decades.

In a retrospective piece shot just a few years ago, the interviewer asked Hewitt to explain his success.

"It's simple," he said. "Every kid knows it.  Just four words: Tell me a story."

Tell me a story!  He was exactly right, of course.  No television ...

You know that feeling in your stomach when you first think you've lost your wallet?  Well, Saturday morning, I had that feeling . . . for good reason. 

I'd been hiking for 2½ hours.  In the tired process of drying my pouring sweat and slinking into my car, I somehow lost what is essentially my wallet: all the important credit cards, driver's license and cash.  I didn't realize something was missing until my grocery store stop on the way home.  I reached for my life-wrapped-in-a-rubber-band and it was gone.

A hasty and thorough search of my car confirmed ...

Well, we've done it. It has taken many years and several legal loopholes, but the men of Ambassador have finally found a way to combine our two favorite things: starting new traditions and eating way too much hamburger in one sitting.

It all started on Wednesday, August 12th 2009, when JC said "Hey, let's make Robert eat a 4x4 from In-N-Out for his birthday." We all laughed heartily at the thought of one person eating that much ground beef at once. The only person not laughing was Robert, after we actually made him eat it.

As Robert sat ...