posting 20050824

[joe_d753255@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On a normal day of my life, I would have wanted to be on the cover of The Bi
z about as much as I wanted to run my tongue over a cheese grater. Today, wi
th an alien in my passenger seat and no clue as to my future in the agency,
I wanted to be on the cover of The Biz even less than that.
"Michelle, you still there?" I asked.
"Joshua, you just said what you needed in order to feel comfortable with wha
t Tom is asking you to do," Miranda said. "Now all you have to do is do it."

"Okay," Van Doren said. "What?"