Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 08:07:22 -0500 From: Robert J Crawford Subject: [WRITERS] Filler: Gene for List Curmudgeon >But, here are some synonyms for - misanthropic (which Robert says that I AM). . . anti-social, solitary, reclusive, stand-off-ish, cynical, inhospitable< Looking at all these synonyms, an overdue question pops in my mind, one that I'm surprised nobody's asked- Why hasn't Abby Frank been nominated? >>Still doesn't change the fact that a real list curmudgeon wouldn't care. Methinks thou doth protest too much.<< >But, protesting is what a curmudgeon DOES. . . right?< Only at the success of others. As the old saw goes, "It isn't enough that I succeed. Others must fail." Or, as my mentor Ambrose "Old Bitter" Bierce once more or less defined "contentment"- "The contemplation of a neighbor's unease." Robert Please visit my homepage at http://members.tripod.com/~Sci_Fi_Man/index.html ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]