Patrick,
As bad as Tom is with anything technical, if we unplug his internet connection I can guarantee he will be totally lost and call for a technician, until then he will stick to writing the book.
You're right though, his hourly output is probably 10,000 words of which we could distill into 3 or 4 normal sized paragraphs--but they would be meaningful! As much as you both ride each other, I am sure you're aware of how valuable an asset he is to our project and how much better the end result will be due to his participation.
However, I did put in for a truckload of red pens to cross out some of his circumlocution(one of the few things I remember from my freshman english class--the modern works from way back then are classics now) and rambling threads.
Regards,
Wayne