*giggle*. Got sucked into a new (to me) comic today ("Unshelved"), and ran into this strip that some poeple here might appreciate: http://www.overduemedia.com/archive.aspx?strip=20030605 Not as easy to apply, I suppose, as Steve's "play low limit hold-em and never (or rarely?) bet on anything below a top hand" method, but probably just as effective. -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'