And to Scott McPherson for the bloglove hat-trick!

Journalists aren't really accustomed to people liking us, so I'm a little dizzy. But huge thanks also to Scott McPherson, who was sweet enough to mention my first book, on the CDC's outbreak SWAT teams. Scott's day job is in the thick of politics — he's the chief information officer for the Florida House of Representatives — and he regularly nails the disconnect between public-health policy and the messy real world. Read him here.