Forty years ago today, the earth shook, history changed. Two people noticed. I was one of them.

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52. The book should be ready by this fall. I hope all of DU does get drawn in......

I need to get a website ready, which will probably require me to withdraw from DU, as all vestiges of anonymity will then vanish, but I will let everyone know when it's available. I think it's at the printer's now, actually. At least the hardcover.

If you want an idea of whether or not you'd like it, ask California Peggy, who has actually read it. Freshwest, too, I think. It has already been read by a small diverse group of friends from whom I wanted some feedback, including Howard Dean and the real Adrian Cronauer (not Robin Williams). Stan Lee gave me a hilarious plug line, too. Figure what might happen if a nerd in southern California, locked into a loveless marriage and seeking refuge in wine tastings, suddenly gets the chance to be friends with a retired (but very much compos mentis) Thomas Jefferson through a window to the year 1818, and that's just one of the subplots. Luckily, the brother of the nerd's assistant knows "maa shalats." It's difficult to explain! LOL