Look here, Hotbuns200, Your problems don't amount to a hill of beans in this ready-mix world. This isn't junior varsity, kid, this is the Big League, and I've got news for you - the cheerleaders are salaried. They say Hitler was missing a testicle, but you can bet he had it replaced. It may be a dog eat dog world, but half the world is wearing muzzles and the other half are vegetarians. What does the Dali Lama think of this? We'll never know. I'm impressed by your knowledge of Kierkegaard, but frankly, he needs to be more assertive. You don't need a PhD in mathematics to paint by numbers. This is still true today, although the names have been changed to protect the innocent. We all know what Salinger is up to, but we look the other way. -Sean -----Original Message----- From: Hotbuns200@aol.com [mailto:Hotbuns200@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:09 PM To: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu Subject: Re: Real World Sean, I'll say, "Goddamit! The Post Office lost my shoebox of shit for three weeks!" And you can say, "Alright! The Post Office only lost Hotbuns' shoebox of shit for three weeks!" But anyway you slice it, that's still three weeks I had to spend shoeboxless, waiting for my shoebox-of-shit-life to arrive...which isn't that great when it gets here anyway. And to top it off, I had to spend $3.20 to send it priority mail!