I return from a week of pursuing nirvana in Houston, Texas. Fellow list members are discouraged from engaging in like activities. Too hot. I see that Scottie, who I now imagine as looking like a shaven Sean Connory, and Will, who features (I am sure of it) a dark and full Colorado fall beard, have continued in admirable fashion to pass the flaming potato back and forth, Will igniting it with a tireless zippo lighter and Scottie patiently patting it out with a dampened Irish linen handkerchief, while Tim reads the New York Times at the next table. ObSal: has anybody else on the list received a curious message this week from a person claiming to have known Salinger? -- Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu