Writing a play, I note this week the relationship between Thackeray's collected works and my neck. Typing from, if not dawn to dusk, at least noon till sleep, I have come to understand that the exact height of my computer screen governs where the pendulum finishes; on the one hand the relaxation which suffuses a body with a pleasant sense of progress, on the other a screaming need for yoga. Between a well adjusted spine and a buggered neck, Thackeray's work piles up under; he is the giant upon whose lying my shoulders' stiffness stands. A small cut leaves no scar quiet falls, like snow the girls are gone from home David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html