Spicy meat-a-ball

The third annual Sons of Italy pasta dinner takes place from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Antonino's Ristorante, 7945 Vineyard Ave. in Rancho Cucamonga. The dinner is $10 per person, all-inclusive (salad, roll, pasta, beverage, dessert).

Attentive readers may remember yours truly being given four meatballs, twice the number as the mayor, in 2008, and three last year. This year, alas, it will be zero meatballs: I'll be out of town.

In 2011, I'm afraid the Sons of Italy may make me start over from scratch.