Many thanks to all you pholks who have inquired about my recent cataract surgery, which went exceptionally well.

In case your dog tore up last week's Voice or you didn't get one before they were all gone, I announced being able to see much better. I had so much fun I'm planning to get the left one done soon.

Even though I believed I could see pretty well before, eye tests proved that assumption to be incorrect.

I still have to use eye drops in the right eye several times a day but that hasn't been a problem. One thing which continues to surprise me is how much brighter my several-years-old television is than before. And I discovered a couple tiny smudges of mold residue which had been lurking undetected in the walk-in shower of my apartment.

They are now gone.

And driving after dark is not so challenging even though I seldom do much of it.

As I prepare for Thanksgiving I will be sure to include a special blessing for my better vision and my wife Kathy's encouragement and support in “getting 'er done.” I will also give thanks for being able to find the perfect olives, pearl onions and most eye appealing slice of turkey when the platter comes my way.

The only thing I still have trouble in seeing is how quickly the holiday season has arrived and 2010 is just about finished. That sight problem will just have to remain inoperable.

SPEAKING OF SIGHT, those watching the Fresno State-Nevada football game a couple weeks ago on national television didn't see the chasing down and capture of a fan running onto the field during the game. The no-show broadcast policy is a good one.

However, there are thousands of other pholks in addition to the 40,000 or so attending the contest who have been checking the video out via MySpace or YouTube -- including the young Visalia man who performed the caper.

Although his name is not used in the video clip he is recognizable in a few seconds of close up shots captured on game coverage obtained by the Daily Collegian, the FSU student newspaper.

The young man, a Visalia bartender who says his adventure was a spur-of-the-moment thing, was tackled by a gaggle of security personnel and held briefly in jail before being released. He was cited for trespassing and faces a February court date.

“It was something I've always wanted to do,” he told me last week, explaining his rationale for running shirtless onto the field after cruising along the sidelines after leaving his seat in the student section of the stadium and finding an opening to the gridiron.

Actually he wasn't shirtless, since he used his shirt to decorate his head while briefly outrunning his eventual captors. He was elusive enough to create time to showoff his best dance moves before being tackled. Not too bad, actually.

I have chosen not to reveal his name but, trust me pholks, many of you likely would recognize him and his less than one-month old mustache and maybe his bruised ribs.

I don't condone such behavior and admit to generally speaking ill of those who do such things.

But pholks, now that I know one of them and watched the video which was not obscene, I consider the young Visalia guy somewhat of an exception to my general perception of such characters.

Did I mention he could really dance?