The New York Review of Books has the same eerie classified personal ads minus the give-and-take. Depending on my mood, the NYRB ads are funny or tragic. So many liberated, virile, active intellectuals who have ninety-nine interests and two hundred virtues, hiking and cross-country skiing to their epicene eateries or progressive rallies, yet who are apparently reading all the time! So many witty, savvy bon vivants who are nonetheless incredibly lonely! ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html