I finished most of the writing on my book a while ago, but I have finally gotten through enough of the remaining nagging stuff that I have achieved a status that can fairly be called “finished.” You will be hearing much more about the book soon. In the meantime, let me just thank everyone who made it possible. If you are a colleague who tolerated–or perhaps enjoyed!–my inattention and absence in recent months, thank you. If you have ever answered one of my (increasingly desperate) column blegs, thank you. If you just suffered through my column blegs cluttering The Corner, thank you. If you are WFB, thank you. If you are Ed Capano or Dusty Rhodes, thank you. If you are Kate O’Beirne, the wisest woman in Washington, thank you. If you are my girlfriend, whose patience and impatience were both helpful in their own ways, thank you….