On the day -- is this thing working yet?

Birds woke me up -- think it was the woodpecker trying to sharpen his beak on a metal mailbox ... and then Hex joined in with his cooncat song and there was *no way* I could get back to sleep.

In other news -- if you told us you'd like to pre-order a signed Ghost Ship ... you can do something more about that. since Don Blyly at Uncle Hugo's let us know this is up: http://www.unclehugo.com/prod/ah-lee-miller.php

So we had email ... hey: someone from my high school class just realized that I am not only one of his favorite authors but also *the same* Steve Miller he had detention with in 1960mumblety -- how cool is that! He's also concerned about the spit-ball balance ....

Meanwhile -- over in the real world, it is baseball season ... and we've got Liaden Universe jerseys available as well as the nifty knives and spoon shirts ... see our boardwalk store at: http://www.cafepress.com/srmpublisher/7042874