So today I'm sitting here working and the phone rings

It turns out that a show on MSNBC called the Abrams Report is doing a story on the British plagiarism suit against Dan Brown. Do I want to do the show?, they ask. Sure, say I. Have you read Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the book which authors Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent claim Brown ripped off.

Nope, say I. I remember when it came out and I became familiar with the basic thesis ("Jesus was a dead rabbi with a girlfriend. Their lovechild went on to become the basis of the Merovingian dynasty.") It was a non-starter 20 years ago and I never much bothered with it. But when DVC came out with its startling new thesis that shocked the world ("Jesus was a dead rabbi with a girlfriend. Their lovechild went on to become the basis of the Merovingian dynasty") I remember thinking "This sounds strangely familiar."

But I had not read HBHG. Sorry, they said. We need somebody who's done an analysis of both books. Do you know anybody?

Hmmm, I thought. Who do I know who knows practically everything and who has written extensively on DVC?

This is a job for St. Blog's own Sandra Miesel! So I sicced them on her and, I am happy to report, I just got this email from Sandra:

I'm going to be on some MSNBC cable show called the Abrams Report at 4:20 PM Eastern this afternoon. They're sending a TV truck right to my house! This was prompted by the Dan Brown plagarism trial in England.

Did you see Brown going into the courtroom in his trademark tweed sports jacket and sweater--no suit?

This is your chance to find out what Sandra actually looks and sounds like, as well as watch her fillet Dan Brown into thin slices of hack and fraud and quick fry him to a crackly crunch. I hope they stream this, cuz it should be a lot of fun.