I'm not a Dan Brown fan, but...

...if he really deliberately ripped off The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, why would he name one of his characters Sir Leigh Teabing -- an anagram of the HB&HG authors' names?

(Have I already said this?  I feel like I have.  Is anyone really actually interested in the whole thing?  I'm not.  In fact, I'm kind of boring myself.)