According to the poem, a reborn Phoenix (if it's different from a decadent Phoenix) should come at the very end of the Great Cycle, followed then by a decadent Phoenix. But with Tortaalik/Zerika, we saw just the opposite, and then Zerika handed off power to a Dragon. Any comments? Max Wilson -- I die! I mis-remember my friend's telephone number and dial into a hydroelectric dam's power line, electrocuting myself. My roommates mistake my flailing spasms for sign language, coincidentally describing a delicious recipe for fried tungsten with petroleum jelly. They try the recipe. All die! O, the embarassment.