I suspect it was just everyone was too busy to read & respond at that moment, Fred. I l know I was. Before I looked him up (never having had the pleasure of learning about him before), I thought that this -- Passing these in the window of one of his outlets or of a Christian bookstore, I think how nice it must be to have fans. -- referred to Him rather than him. And maybe it does anyway. The War on Drugs Will Continue is an even sadder tale, nicely torqued to cynicism (at least for me). Good 'uns. Doug On 31-Dec-08, at 10:18 AM, Frederick Pollack wrote: > My last apparently didn't go over well, so I'll bid farewell to '08 > with these two: > > Painter of Light Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html Holy hath beris As rede as any rose