Yes, Doug, I too go back & forth between the dyspeptic & the hopeful with my students--or perhaps, in an act of negative capability, manage to have both attitudes at the same time. jd ====================== Joseph Duemer School of Liberal Arts, box 5750 Clarkson University Potsdam NY 13699 315.268.3967 [log in to unmask] http://web.northnet.org/duemer http://www.grammarbitch.com/ppp/index.html ======================