Rena, I notice that, while you had a lot to say on the subject, you didn't bother to write a haiku of your own. So much easier to critisize others, eh? Oh, and the kanji quote is taken from a book called 'Kanji picto-graphics,' which illustrates the elements from which kanji are built, and their origins. My second, probably final, ferret haiku: Leaves fall and twist. Like them, I dance and turn. I am the war weasel! Bob C., When making a dugout by fire, you're supposed to use a /slow/ fire, not a blowtorch! If you burn too fast, you risk weakening and cracking the wood, and your dugout won't be seaworthy. *=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=* Should they whisper false of you, never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, weep and storm and swear they lie. --Dorothy Parker, "Superfluous Advice" *-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-* Regan S. Pylman [log in to unmask] http://www.coyotesdaughter.com/~azrael [Posted in FML issue 2633]