Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your welcome e-mail. We arrived at 7:15 p.m.
after an uneventful two-day trip. I've unpacked the car and
gone out for groceries. There are many things still to put away.

I'll try tomorrow morning, after I return from taking Klemens
to his office, to start working on my legal reply brief.
The AG has not filed a brief, but has written a letter to
the Appeals Court Clerk stating that I was wrong when I wrote
that he had conceded the case when he failed to file an 
opposition to my motion for judgment on the pleadings in
the Superior Court. The AG now says that he/shex didn't really 
concede because although he filed a notice of appearance for the
Plumbing Board he/she was only their "nominal" representative;
in other words, he represented the Plumbing Board not really but
in name only, - al this after masquerading as the Board's attorney
all through the lower court proceeding. If a private attorney did
such a thing, he would be charged with fraud upon the court, -
but remember 1984 has come and gone, and the government does
what it pleases.

I had an e-mail notice from the Supreme Judicial Court clerk
to the effect that my application for direct appellate review
has been denied, a circumstance which reduces my chances of
success from 40% to 16%. I must practice getting comfortable
and happy with the notion of losing the case. Another stage
of living and dying.

I'm afraid that for the next two weeks, all you'll read from
me are notes on my case, in effect the initial drafts of
my reply brief. As soon as I've finished with that, I'll
get back to real life.

Stay well and give my best to Ned.

Jochen