herb bloch was generous enough to come to our store and find when we were just opened that fall, haynes johnson has been coming to present his will since the first one that he wrote after we were open, the landing with howard simon. this seems like the absolute perfect event to encapsulate our history. too bad herblock isn't with us in person but it is great to have his spirit lives on. most of you know haines from his book and he says he is still promoting the book that he and dan washington post wrote on the 2008 campaign. i am sure we have copies in the front tonight. haines was a political reporter with the washington star when i first met him. he has written -- get this -- 16 books. some of which were co-authored with pierce. i was thinking it is a tribute to haines that so many of the books, not a majority but so many were written with other journalists. herb bloch was born in 1909 and he died in 2001. in between, he had a long and glorious career. he joined the washington post after serving in world war ii. his cartoons were so brilliantly thought out that he often defined the time. he i