Jim,
Sometimes I give my husband a pass!!! He lost the hearing in one of his ears a couple of years ago, and the doc pulled a ton of ear wax out of his ear. I think he was just hoping I didn't have an AN. He has always been worried about me even when he suggested it might be ear wax!!! As for the Q-tip guy, all of us in the neighborhood are pretty sure he is an alien. He can come up with some stuff that is way out there. But, he is always good for a laugh, and he buffed out all of the scratches on my car without me even asking. God love him!!! I just think these ANs are rare enough that people just don't understand how to react to them. Some of my friends have read some material on them, and I have appreciated their doing that.
I wouldn't really "milk" the GK, but if anyone offers to cook me a meal, I'm not turning them down!!!
I hope the book materializes.
Nancy