Ursula S. wrote: >What is 'Jackass'? Jackass is a recent show on MTV--it may not be on the air anymore. Jackass is (or was) a global show, and then a Hollywood movie. There is some more about Jackass here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006JU7V/102-1165157-0201738?v=glance&n=130&v=glance >Has Canada been spared? No--nobody has been spared. You may have missed it, but there are zillions of shows along those lines globally right now. "Reality" is huge. >Alex, are you at Brown U.? I am in Boston, working outside of academia, in the financial industry. I've never really been away, but I wasn't posting for a while. I've been through some changes--will tell more later, as time goes by. >Ursula in North Bay, Ontario who's daughter studies math at Brown, but is presently in Beijing, coming from UlaanBataar and going to Lhassa... God--Ulaan Bataar, Lhassa,..., Providence. Out of the beaten path. Best of luck to your daughter. Sometimes I miss Providence, Thayer Street, oh memories..... Take care-- Alex T Boston/ Hanover St. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html