John wrote, "Given that the Onion is a famous parody site, I am not at all sure of the force of this remark." It was a joke, John. I copied that section from The Onion site, right above the article about the serial killer's press conference, where he was soliciting victims for next week's massacre. As for eating crow, we may have to...especially if we run out of pigeons. Best to all, Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html