In a message dated 2/9/99 5:17:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, jrovira@juno.com writes: << Eh, let's see. Since we're talking about Real Life, let me tell you mine. I got married when I was 18, am now 35 with four kids, having run the gamut from Working My Way Through College while Freelance Writing while Doing Side Jobs for Extra Money while Raising Kids while Keeping up a Semblance of a Marriage while Editing and Writing for two newsletters while Serving as a Deacon while Teaching while Running a Writer's Group while Being Promoted to Management (have had to supervise up to 17 men, most of whom fell into one of three categories--ex con, biker, ex army) while Publishing my Own Work while Reading Voraciously while Developing a Personal Philosophy while. . . >> Yuck. I can only hope it's the embarassing moments that you kept private which make it all worthwhile. We're going to have to make an accord now, here on the list with everyone. To protect me from falling out of this sleep and start crawling over myself from the ravishes of time, let's stop talking about the wonders and brilliances of the adult life. Hah, just 'kid'ding. Mike