In a message dated 2/19/99 9:14:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu writes: << All digressions from explicitly Salinger-related topics should be indulged insofar as they promote a sense of list community and character, provided that they strictly avoid mention of pamphlets and propaganda written by Ayn Rand (q.v. DEFENESTRATION). Those voicing objection to digressions will be roundly scolded by a member of the Watch Subcommittee and challenged to provide discussion material of the sort supposed elsewhere in this charter to be endemic to the list. >> Matt!! How did you know that Ayn Rand's epistemological values were going to be the topic of my next letter!? Admit it. I got you good; didn't I? Or perhaps, it is just that particular form of humor that one can only enjoy at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'd suggest that when you are very tired, you try saying the word "bananafish" to yourself. It's a hilarious joke in itself. mike