yeah they're doing ok i mean i've barely seen him i think i've you know you know what tolkien i've been at the house to like drop off supplies and i like since the window i kind of thing but that doing ok i think it's going stir crazy you know they are both in that kind of danger category you know when i was a cancer survivor my dad got oxen's and you know he's got a he's got a mony a 2 times last year is now really you know taking this very seriously thankfully i mean i was i was yelling from you know i was going insane leading up to this being like guys got to take this seriously this is no joke this is no joke and then they were kind of like oh yeah you're right now i'm like yes it was i like to. it really is the lion king circle of life isn't it jack that eventually yeah your beloved parents circularize and do you go through your upbringing in the white water of youth and then all of sudden you get dumped on the other and you've got to say no take this seriously you're the for exactly yeah i mean that you know i like you know i follow the news and you know minutely you know i've got

tolkien, a topic that many of you will be very interested in i'm sure and i hope you'll come back on thursday for our next presentation. before she goes on to sign books, let's give a big thank you to nathalia holt. [applause] >> next, on american history tv, law professor and author joyce lee malcolm discusses benedict arnold's successes as an american army general in the revolutionary war and questions whether his legacy as a notorious american trader is entirely accurate. malcolm is the author of the tragedy of benedict arnold. this talk was hosted by the university of mary washington as part of the great lives lecture series. [applause] >> what a nice crowd tonight.

you may recall he did tolkien last year for us and it was very effective.ope we will all be back for it. check the website to be sure. we look forward to that. right now it's on and we look forward to seeing it. you are going to go back and sign some books in the back. so before you do that, let's i'll show our appreciation. >> thank you. thank you bill. (applause) "rise of the rocket girls: >> i want to introduce tonight speaker the failure holt. -- nathalia holt. she has conducted research at caltech library and at harvard. she is a founder at