At 3:35 AM -0500 on 12/28/98, you wrote: > Just found this mailing list and although I generally dread them, I am >willing > to try out this one. Blah blah, I love Salinger's work (whew got that over > with). My favorite has to be the "Raise High" and "Seymour: An Introduction" > combo book. Although both are terribly personal I still think he left > mountains to the reader's imagination. Oh well, thats my spiel. Hey, Brian! Welcome to the list. We're generally not dreadworthy, and if you find discussions you simply hate (they happen), try to delete them or ignore them, and stick it out for the rest of what happens. Because the other parts of the list traffic can often be worth shining your shoes for. Check out the archive (as detailed in the WELCOME message) to see what I mean. Cheers! --tim o'connor