When I got the ARC of The Mirador you were kind enough to send me, I was delighted to see that Ben had left his mark therein a time or two.

May he be well-greeted by Pangur Ban, Dr. Johnson's Lily and the oyster-eating Hodge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hodge_Cat.jpg), Kit Smart's Jeoffry, and all the other cats who have offered their support to writers who would surely have done much worse without them.