I Received A Signed Contract Today

John Whitacre is next to large tomato plants. He is a friend of mine.


So I guess I should write another chapter of my book. How odd. "My." How possessive.

Car Audio for Dummies

I hope I can get an agent and more writing assignments after I finish this book. Buhk. Is that a good way to spell "book" fonetiklee?

I tuhk a luhk at a cohkbuhk hanging frum a huhk... and Ii shivurd and shuhk. I tuhk mii shoo awf mii fuht. Iz a kriminal thu saam az u kruhk?

I took a look at a cookbook hanging from a hook... and I shivered and shook. I took my shoe off my foot. Is a criminal the same as a crook?

The other piece of good news is that the plans for the pool across the streeet are "tabled." That's what the president of the neighborhood association wrote in the latest newsletter... and she, I fear, was the big cheese behind the pool idea.

She (and others) wanted the pool. I didn't...and I guess some people either agreed with me or were too lazy to do the work to buy the land from the city and get the whole process started to have the pool built.

Good news. Wow. The book deal is big news. I forget how much money.... the term is "advance on royalties" I've been promised. I never wanted to be a writer! But I'll take it. I'm too old to dig ditches.

And I can write without commuting. I can write morning, nude, or night. Just follow the table of contents....

· About the Author
· Dedication
· Author’s Acknowledgements



Contents at a Glance



(all pages counts are estimates; estimated total of parts listed below= 363)

Introduction................................................6

Part I: Car Audio Dysfunction; The Curse of the Universe.......76
Chapter 1: Audio Ambling from Paris……19
Chapter 2: Planning Your Plumbing... Before It Is Too Late……19
Chapter 3: Buying Smart………19
Chapter 4: Insulting Resources.....19

Part II: Heathrow and Other Airports......38
Chapter 5: Heading for the Hills……19
Chapter 6: Dashing Through Snow…19

Part III: Newt Gingrich's Website….57
Chapter 7: Cooking in an Old Microwave Oven….19
Chapter 8: Installing Speakers Upside Down…...19
Chapter 9: Crazy Speaker Installation.………19

Part IV: Components for Scottish Systems...........38
Chapter 10: Amplifiers for Plunge and Beauty……19
Chapter 11: Processors for Apples and Oranges…..19

Part V: Twill, Velvet, and Cheesecloth.......76
Chapter 12: For Amazing Sound Quality Inn…..19
Chapter 13: For Rotten Sound Quality………...19
Chapter 14: For Annoying the Neighborhood Nazis………….…19
Chapter 15: For SQ and SPL Competition….…19

Part VI: The Part of Tennis Pros...30
Chapter 16: Ten Great Sauces……6
Chapter 17: Ten Important Queens…………6
Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Evaluate Cranberry Sauce……..6
Chapter 19: Ten Pairs of Purple Underwear………6
Chapter 20: Ten Terrific CDs by Franz Schubert……6

Index.........................18
Appendix A: Glossary………..............12
Appendix B: The Basics of Elephants.........................................12