gee whillikers, it turned into a thread on love...go figure. Gentlemen, do not be bitter or lonely. I beg you. Be happy. Become infatuated with life. Allow your heart to skip a beat when you behold all that is wonderful on the planet. Become passionately entangled with all that is beautiful or exciting or quirky or calming. Lust after nature: become a stalker of romantic wild places. Fondly recall every smile aimed at you today, feel your chest thumping as you remember acts of kindness, witty words, suggestive jokes...conversation with others is a form of flirtation... and do not fear love. do not fear being hurt again, if you once were. Love makes us feel alive; love often brings pain. and that pain is just part of the package. Sally forth, as Pogo would say...resolve to meet the enemy and call it what it is: it is ours, it is us. each day brings something unexpected. wait for it.