After reflection, I've come to conclusion that any serious scholar needs a good, durable and comfortable piece of furniture to rest and think in. I'd leave red leather for other purposes though. Cheers, Teemu Helsinki, Finland --- Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looking far, far into the future for David and his > daughter but coming > up next month for me. > What's a good graduation present these days for a > daughter getting her > PhD in pure math who doesn't like possessions, > doesn't want to own a lot > of stuff that has to be schlepped around, loves > biking but already owns > three bikes, doesn't want to own a car, is going to > be teaching at > Harvard, living outside Cambridge. Many years ago > (many, many) a nice > red-leather set of the Harvard Classics might have > been nice, but who > needs that now? I've wracked my brain for weeks, > but can't think of > anything both she and I would like. > > And David, you think you've got problems.... > > Ursula > (so I stuck in a brag...so sue me....) > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, > vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit > www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > ____________________________________________________________________________________ You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html