title: I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly: A Dilbert Book (Dilbert Book Collections Graphi)
author:  Scott Adams 
description: What started as a doodle has turned Scott Adams into a superstar of the cartoon world. <I>Dilbert</I> debuted on the comics page in 1989, while Adams was in the tech department at Pacific Bell. Adams continued to work at Pacific Bell until he was voluntarily downsized in 1995. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay area since 1979.
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  ##  
  THE NEXT ACCIDENT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  LISA GARDNER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  The third book in the Quincy / Rainie series
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2001 by Lisa Baumgartner
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Acknowledgments
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  For most of my career as a suspense author, I've been repeatedly greeted by
  the comment, “Wow, you look so nice for someone who writes such twisted
  books.” For once I'd like to agree. I really am a dull, ordinary person
  leading a dull, ordinary life. The only real background I have is as a
  business consultant, and while I suppose characters could die from process
  reengineering efforts gone horribly awry, I'm not sure anyone other than
  Dilbert enthusiasts would ap