Any attempt to use any of my posts for any commercial venture without my express permission will be contested legally, if appropriate. I mean it. I do not consent at this point to any use outside of the FT website.

That being said, I do believe that a book on Watson's life MIGHT be interesting. I also think that book would be better written by someone who did not have a personal vested interest in the subject.

And I am dead serious about that first paragraph.