A funny thing happened....

Reed got back from a business trip to Las Vegas last week and he had a funny thing happen on the airplane on his return trip.  He had  just finished marking up "Clem" and closed the binder and was going to rest for the remainder of the trip.  The gentleman next to him began asking questions about whether he was going home and what he was doing in Las Vegas.  he explained that he worked for Nevada DOT and explained briefly what he had done for the day.  Then the man asked about what he was doing with the Department of Homeland Security and Terrorism.  Reed indicated....absolutely nothing but the man persisted with related questions.  After about a half minute, Reed realized that the man must have read parts of the last chapter of "Clem" when Clem developed a regional anti-terrorism training center for the homeland security department.  It took some conversation to clarify that Reed had written a fictious story.  It turned out that this man had spent five years working for the CIA about twenty years ago and he admitted to spying on Reed's writing.  Anyway, they ended up having a good laugh.