"Above all, I'd like to thank my wife Julie DuBois, who never fails to make days spent without .NET even more wonderful than days spent with .NET."

"and my girlfriend, Karen, who motivated me with a mixture of love and logic."

"I would also like to thank you, the reader, for taking the time to include us as part of your C# experience. It is my hope that our efforts will yield fruit in the form of less time to learn C#, leaving you more time to spend with your family and friends. It may seem trite to say it, but in this "new age" in which we find ourselves, such things are as valuable as gold; as for me and my newfound time, I'm going off for pizza with my family."