Of course, did I have my camera with me, like I promised Toni I would? I did not.

But I bought my copy! And I was deeply gratified to see that the quote from “Diane Patterson” remained intact in the text. Your job: go buy this book (it is freakin’ hilarious) and find that quote!

Bobbie Faye is about a woman named Bobbie Faye (natch) who gets caught up with organized crime, bank robbery, the FBI, voodoo priestesses, and alligators, and for a woman who’s known far and wide for being a walking disaster, even this day rates as pretty damn bad.

I am testing out a new plugin for WordPress… This is the book I just finished last night.

I’ve always been fond of the Knights Templar. I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail a million eons ago. I have The Temple and the Lodge and The Illuminoids and The Pursuit of the Millennium and A History of the Secret Societies. I have undoubtedly even more such books around here someplace (still haven’t organized my shelves by topic, dammit). Jim McDonald’s The Apocalypse Door! Great fun. And, of course, I’ve read The Da Vinci Code and was aware that related books have been coming out.

Yesterday, as Darin and I wandered around Borders, I was struck by how many Templar-related novels there are out right now. And other Da Vinci Code related nonsense, such as (I am not making this up) The Diet Code.

I walked over to Darin with one of the books in my hand and said, “I know this isn’t an original sentiment, but… Dan Brown has a lot to answer for.” He nodded.

So much for the line of dialogue I always wanted to put in a movie: “Those fucking Templars are at it again.”