acknowledgments i would like to thank a whole bunch of people for their continuing support , encouragement , and tolerance of me personally : june and joy williams at buzzy multimedia , editor jen , agent jen , contracts jen , and any other jens out there whom i have missed , the members of the mcanally 's e-mail list , the residents of the beta-foo asylum , the artists ( of every stripe ) who have shared their work and creative inspiration with me and lots of other folks , and finally all the critics who have reviewed my work-even the most hostile reviews have provided valuable pr , and i 'm much obliged to y'all for taking the time to do it .