i'm llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle." it is coming up. we will be looking back at the year that has passed. one of the things that does happen to me this year is that i became interested in a chronic fatigue syndrome, a truly terrible disease that afflicts may be a million americans and which nobody has a cure for, even a diagnosis. there is this lovely book, "the sound of a wild snail eating." it is a little volume, but it is a feel good volume, a christmas volume. it is about the author, elisabeth bailey, who was bedridden and stricken with the disease. it is one of those horrible, and degenerative diseases. she could not move in bed. somebody bought her a snail. later they got another container for the snail. she studied this mail because she cannot move or do anything. she listened to the strange noise that it made. when two of them get together, they have a wail of a time having sex. this is a book that makes you feel good about nature. when she recovered somewhat, she investigated the 19th century naturalist who studied all sorts of

the llewellyn king came by to each and make love --the elk can bite to eat and make love. five times as it was before the pipeline. well, for some reason he always invited me to go on his congressional delegations. to a the parts of the world. he always picked those that somehow members frowned upon. they could not take their wives. there were no shopping places or anything like that. and so, for example, where one of the first ones to go to afghanistan and iraq. it was so early, we stayed in tents. when we got there, it was dark, no lights, this was a combat zone. and so i inquired, like all men should, where is the men's room? [laughter] we were in a tent. the colonel said go down there and turn right and then turn left and then turn right and then turn right. it was about two city blocks. [laughter] i looked at ted and i said, "what are you going to do?" [laughter] well you got the answer. [laughter] has been a vice president -- as the vice-president and senator mitch indicated, his word was good. his word was absolutely good. you can take it to a bank. and he was also