Tonight I salute all my friends out there with guts.

I have friends who have jumped out of airplanes, quit their jobs and started new careers, run for elected office, fought in wars, battled raging infernos and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with hardened criminals.

As for me, someday I will figure out exactly how far I can blow up a balloon before it pops.

They say the world doesn’t have enough heroes. And I intend to do my part.