For those who do not know us, let us first introduce ourselves. Both of us are basic scientists who have devoted our research careers to GI topics. We are beyond retirement age as defined by Social Security (and not giving more details), but still fully engaged in our careers. Both of us have raised families and one of us has managed twins. We are not diverse racially or ethnically (more the pity) but are diverse in other ways. One of us was raised in an educated family in the United States; the other was raised in an uneducated farming family in Australia.