That really went crazy. We had hundreds of phone calls from that one small ad. People said 'If you know something about lights, you may know something about dictionary stands, bookcases, and desks.' So we just listened to what people wanted and grew from that.

The timing was excellent. Through the 80's people had so much high technology in their lives both at work and at home with PC's, faxes, and videos.

We bought a small house in Boston and we got it set up and had everything perfectly arranged until we realized we really only had one seat in the house that had sufficient light for reading and every night there was a battle of who could race to this chair faster with a reading book and I was always losing being the smallest. So we really started a quest to look for an ultimate reading light.

I'm the girl nobody knows until she commits suicide. Then suddenly everyone had a class with her.

You're damn skippy I am.

... I completely forgot about the pizza until the cops showed up.