Mike, I did (really and truly!) notice your abscence, but assumed the Sunday poem was a long time a-borning. Some poems are like that. Pictured you in bed with the midwife hoverning. Some midwives are like that. And I liked the touch of Kant here re Nader. Ursula, always assuming that she acts for thousands... M.G. but I don't dare risk it. Even though Tennessee wiill surely go solidly for Bush -- the guy they'd rather go fishing with (hey, we're down to earth folk here) -- still I realize that as I choose, so will a certain percentage of like-minded folk choose. I choose to make them all vote for Kerry. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html