would you like to have your name in my next book AND go play in the malibu tidal pools AND show your love for nature? please bid! we'll have so much fun... click on this link and let's go to the beach together!  (come on, you KNOW you want to!)  PLUS...have a character named for you in my next novel.  immortalized forever on the shelves of libraries everywhere.  not only that, but your donation will help the environment through NRDC--i've loved their work for years, they're literally saving the whales.  and you know how i feel about whales...