hello bananafishers, just watching letterman for the first time in a long time and dave was interviewing some balding guy from E.R. i think his name was anthony edwards, don't remeber. anyway, he was talking about his kids and said his daughter was named Esme. dave said he remebered that from somewhere in the world of literature and the E.R. guy said it was from salinger's For Esme with Love and Squalor in "nine short stories". i just thought that was neat, but the title is nine stories. it's not that short. happy thanksgiving everyone, randy