Wow, Penny. Great stuff. Erudite. No fair makin' us actually *think*.

Bobert, y'know, re that Warshington Post o' yourn: some say Satan's the Editor. :) [DougR? You there?]

Amos, are you attaching demonic provenance to the fine literary works of muh man Stephen King? Careful, friend. The Wendigo is watching...

Pied Piper, "Who gave the Devil an Ego?" I think it was Ayn Rand. (At a minimum, she sure gave Ego a bad name.)

Guest Ordinary Average Guy - NOW look at the fine mess you've gotten me into! "The next time you attempt to relegate the existence of God (to a logical impossibility..." The *next* time? It had never OCCURRED to me to engage in so futile an exercise. Now, of course, I'll have to try it! Damn it all --- no wait, make that, Golly -- don't tell a kid not to put peas up his nose. He wouldn't have thought of it on his own. :)

(Pooka ducks & runs like the Divil from the Excise Man...)