I don't want to be the center of a scuffle here! You're both excellent friends and there's no need to get huffy.

Lest you jump to assumptions, JMJ doesn't agree with everything I have to say and I definitely don't agree with him on many points. Getting mentioned in his book is a dubious distinction at best.

While "damning with feigned praise" is a great turn of phrase, it doesn't quite capture how he presents my ideas. There are some slight misrepresentations of reality and a gentle bending of the facts that regular members of this tribe and others who've paid attention to our online exchanges will catch. That said, I think he's mostly fair in his representation of what I actually think and I do appreciate his giving me credit where I think credit is due.

That said, the book would be better titled "A Story of 2012" instead of "The Story of 2012.

The story that I would tell is quite different from JMJ's.