Greg said: >p.s. Bonus points to the first post received identifying the subject >line quote and its relevance to this post. Walt Whitman poem, "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronmer," 1867: When I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures were ranged in columns before me, When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them, When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room, How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself, In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time, Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars. Translation: Get off your mathematical high horse, and watch some damn hockey. :-) And my mother thought an English degree would never get me anywhere... Jeffrey Anbinder Ithaca Times Hockey Columnist HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.