ah, marcello, where ya been, buddy? i've missed your constant commentary! the o.e.b. announcement was a joke, designed to show the noring/rothman spin machine would even promote _me_ if i only said those magic three letters... sure enough, they did. i laughed out loud. but hey, i've explained all that before, so i'll step off the marcello merry-go-round. have a happy holiday season! -bowerbird p.s. hey marcello, can you give me the u.r.l. to that "fansite" you put up "honoring" me? i'm trying to convince wikipedia to let me put up my bio of me, which states that i am "an asshole with far too many opinions"... but they consider it to be "not n.p.o.v." -- "neutral point of view" for newbies -- (which is nonsense of course, because why would i call myself an "asshole" if it wasn't true, seems to me this would be a classic case _illustrating_ neutral p.o.v.) -- so your webpage will go a long way to help make my case with them. thanks!