Hello all, your kindly Uncle Dan has emerged from the nursery and my customary silence to send good wishes to Sarah and Marcus (and all the rest of the Sinisterines) and to bid them be brave and of good cheer during the awkwardness of freshman week (or its local equivalent; that's what it's called here in the States, and a horrible week it was indeed)...along with (I admit) a goodly portion of fairly horrible snobs and such you will come across some lovely people I promise (you too, Jen and Lauren) - I can't really speak to the relative merits of kind hearts vs. coronets (this is the USA after all) but kind hearts are certainly worth more than sharp clothes, a rapier-like wit and even (dare I say) good taste in music...and they are out there and you will find them (although it doesn't always seem like it)... And it's getting to be autumn here and I've had "I know where the summer goes" in my head all day... Sorry to trouble you all...be brave, you kind and gentle folks... Uncle Dan frrom America +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+