>"You like Chinese food" is like "You like French food." Some is mediocre. Some is divine. Agreed. The Fortune Cookie Form does not allow space for nuance. The imperative-performative--some would say self-referential--fortune cookie read, "You are reading a fortune cookie." It was wrong. I was only imagining it. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html