In a message dated 8/23/2004 12:40:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, Scribe1865@xxxxxxx writes: Even when I'm between assignments and the funds are running perilously low, or writhing in the agonies of loss, consciousness seems to be exactly what it should be. The real problem is having time to pursue one's interests. ----- I always thought that one's interests should pursue one, rather -- and poof goes yet another of those pricks of conscience. Cheers, JL _The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Commentary. Sonnet ..._ (http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/151comm.htm) ... KDJ suggests a hidden pun based on 'the prick of conscience' and 'the prick which has no conscience', from the Latin proverb penis erectus non habet ... www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/151comm.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html