The phone rang while I was still puttering around in housecoat and slippers. From the ring, I knew it was long distance, and I fully expected the tell-tale silence that tips you that this is a call from some telemarket scam on the other side of the world. I was ready to hang up, but the male voice came on right away. “Is your name Cummer?” I hesitated before I answered, “Who’s asking?” Dan Vlahos had a minute to make his pitch, and after he explained why he was calling, I said to him, “You’ve found the right place.”