To begin with, I’d like to welcome Mary Kyle to our merry band, and to thank her for bulldogging this project in fine fashion. Thanks also to Kim Lindros, Agatha Kim, Jeff Kellum, and the rest of the Sybex/Wiley gang. Dearer to my heart, I’d like to thank my lovely wife, Dina, and my son, Gregory, for once again putting up with the old man when he’s in the throes of creating and finishing another book. You two make everything else worthwhile, and I’m really looking forward to a fun, frenetic, and distraction-free holiday season. Best to one and all, and thanks to our readers who provide the justification for all this learning and hard work. May it do much good, and very little harm!
To God, who has richly blessed me in so many ways, ...
