hello all! A few weekends ago I had to give my first conference paper (thankfully the conference was held at my university and my professor was chairing the session). Anyway, after my session I was talking to her and she wanted to know if I was going to the lunch. I was trying to determine if i should tell her the real reason I had to go home or not, finally I decided what the heck, if she thinks I'm wierd, so be it. So I said, no sorry, I have to go home and let my ferret out since I hadn't been able to let him out all morning. Oh she says, well I'll have to talk to you about a ferret. It seems her son was quite interested in them. So I start with the ferret speil....you all know the drill. She was quite impressed. So in class the next week I really amused her by bringing my ferret book (the one by Modern Ferret's editor) for her son to read. not sure if he'll decide he still wants a fert, but I was glad to help by disseminating ferret info.... cheers chris and Fidget, the WVU weasel [Posted in FML issue 2292]