And mine, too, Mick. --seed

And--by the way--Friday night in Berkeley I went to hear Jim Hightower, bought his book (There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos), and got him to sign it. At the end of the question and answer session I took the mike to thank the State of Texas for sending us him, Molly Ivins, and the Austin Lounge Lizards.

His radio program, "Chat and Chew with Jim Hightower," isn't on any of our local stations, but is available on www.jimhightower.com. The guy makes all kinds of sense, and is funny as hell.