Keith Instone writes in his p.s.: > FUBAR = f*cked up beyond all repair Actually, FUBAR is better expanded as "...beyond all *recognition*," since when applied in its original context (severe intoxication) it has that Zen quality of applying simultaneously to both the observer's and the observed's perception. Speaking of which: The Master and the Student are waiting on line for ice cream at the Katmandu Carvel. The Student asks, "Will you have a vanilla or a chocolate," master? The Master replies gravely, "No," and takes one of each. The Student observes, "Now I am enlightened." This, of course, is an ice cream koan. Just something to XOR-cise the mind... -- Greg