I'm betting you like Updike, Bill? ____ Remember the kid in "A&P" quits his job, doesn't get the girl, but instead gets a sense of the immensity of life's choices in the last paragraph. Updike was somewhat optimistic. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html