Kudos for creativity, Mattis, but I don't think that sounded like Holden's Dad to me either :) Or Holden, for that matter :) I suppose anyone can grow up, though, and it is interesting to consider what he may have turned out to be...and even better, how he may have gotten there... Some FUQs... What would Holden have thought of Zen Buddhism? What would Phoebe and Jane have thought of each other? What did the shrinks and Holden's brother think about Holden's narrative? Write me a letter from Phoebe to Holden while he was in California, during the time of "his" writing of Catcher... Course, you have to absolutely leave the world of the text to think about these questions, so.... Jim ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]