ah, daylia...my dreams are pretty easy to interpret these days....full of frustration, struggle and tension due to 'life'...I have no doubt that my unconcious is throwing all sorts of images and memories into a vain attempt to sort out the complexities I feel while awake. I 'think' I have only once in my life had an intense dream about something I felt like checking on, but it was not about 'news', and I never did discover if there was any truth to it....It could very easily have been just random firing of neurons....but though I still wonder, I ascribe NO weight to it.

(It is interesting to have a couple of well phrased statements of support for what I was trying to say...at least my point was not lost!)

and to Little Hawk and others who 'see' things differently...yes, we will just have to continue being what we are. We can all be decent, happy, caring people no matter how we feel about the nature of existence, and I'd hope, able to have discussions like this in a mostly congenial manner. This is a most interesting and refreshing thread!