jim said:

why do you think that was a reference to _you_?

well, because in an earlier post (sunday, may 15, 2:18pm), you said:

Thanks for trying, Melissa, but I'm afraid that neither Jon nor Bowerbird, in their very different ways, actually understand what we're doing here

why did you say that, jim? what is it that you think i don't understand about what you are doing here? -bowerbird