[Randi128] #>A name can only hurt you if you let it. [Brad] #This is certainly true. Yeah... like poison ivy, bee stings, and rusty nails. The adults always told me, "Just don't let it get to you. Ignore them." I didn't have the self-possession to challenge them: "HOW? If I were epileptic, would you tell me to just not have a seizure? If I were diabetic, would you say I shouldn't let my blood sugar level get to me? Which muscle do I use to ignore them?" At least for some of us, this is certainly false. Or, thank God, WAS false... mostly "was". Is there nothing that ever pushes your buttons, even as an adult? How long did it take you to learn not to react visibly? -- Mark A. Mandel