In a message dated 10/6/2004 12:13:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, pas@xxxxxxxx writes: I know that the more I come to the conclusion that life IS meaningless, the sillier I get. I'm still looking, but I'm thinking I could get a lot more silly ---- It is interesting to remember that 'silly' used to mean 'happy' in Middle English (cf. Chaucer). After the Renaissance, it changed the meaning. Geary knows about this. Cheers, JL ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html