my name is pat hickey. im the reason you are here. and i and here to share my book to shamelessly self promotion tonight, read some things, take your questions and answers and talking a little bit about this here "tahoe boy." let me begin in the beginning and read you just the first paragraph. and maybe that's enough. it is kind of all contained here supposedly. finding happiness is hard to do. even growing up in a picture-perfect paradise like lake tahoe it wasn't easy. friends of mine got lost looking for it in america's year round playground. many went elsewhere sojourning for their peace. i did, too before i came back to find mine back home. maybe that's all that needs to be read but i will find some other things. writing the book about tahoe, tahoe is a metaphor if you will like kansas in a way was the door the of the wizard of oz that there was no place for her flight home and for anyone fortunate enough like i was to grow up in lake tahoe the place mark twain of course called the fairest place to paraphrase on god's green earth

but no pat hickey and he said i don't know where it is i am sure i brought it. he had no idea where it was but i did what effect have fallen off of the dresser and the made it made the mistake of throwing it away? after having some experience as eight dae from my dad's garbage business unfortunately he did not keep it but i knew the facility as modern probably had the garbage chutes to dump the discarded waste. i went down to the front desk and explained my situation to the night manager who was already befuddle from the request to smuggle stuff into the us three he summoned a security guard they took me down to the basement and i began my pilgrimage through the garbage in search of true love. how about that? they could make a reality show on the asperger after rummaging for two hours i spotted the corner of an envelope protruding from the bag saying a prayer at the moment of our introduction i open the bag and found the manila folder with my name on it tears mingled with garbage stains at exactly to 58:00 a.m. on the morning of november 25, 1978, i saw her for