In a message dated 11/24/2003 8:43:47 AM Central Standard Time, stmary@... writes: << AAAAhhhhhh. Now that I've slammed modernists and conservatives and got to use the word Poppycock, I feel better now. (Its the morning after the Annual Meeting, after all....grumble, grumble). >> DKD: Excellent slam, Erich+! I couldn't agree more, and you said it so well (and so entertainingly) that it saved me some time in writing a response. Also, congratulations on surviving another Annual Meeting. (I haven't been at the helm of a parish ministry for over five years now, and I still have nightmares about Annual Meetings.) Regards, Daniel