Okay, I'll stand by and watch a debate unfold re: Salinger and narcicism. But how about having a parallel debate re: Salinger the humanitarian? I'll begin it. "Uncle Wiggly" depicts a cruel woman in a way that would make Jane Austen proud. Her cruelties stem from her pain, and her only mode of finding peace is in facing that life she's fighting so hard. And can any of you read the last paragraph of "For Esme with love and squalor" without feeling so much hope it makes you burst? John Touzios "Man the most complex, intricate and delicately constructed machine of all creation, is the one with which the osteopath must become familiar." A.T. Still "Everyone seems to know how useful it is to be useful. No one seems to know how useful it is to be useless." Chuang Tzu