The 1st paragraph; I quoted as I indicated: Heinz Pagels, _The Cosmic Code_ The second sentence of the 2nd paragraph wrote Heinz Pagels; in other words, I inserted that not indicating the quoting--I deserve to be called "copycat," heuk heuk heuk... :~-( Rest of 'em wrote "I"--your bow?? :-) Long time ago, about 20 packs of cigarettes ago (I'm not a heavy smoker), I read Murakami Haruki's _Pinball, 1973_; was enlightening writing with an exellent English translation by Alfred Birnbaum. As I read Pagel's, I thought of Murakami's; then whispered, mysteriously, "Life is like a pinball game. I don't think I'm original; creative, either. And who is? After all, culture is a form of slightly modified copy of the original. So don't take someone's writing (mine included) as unbendingly original (i.e. something out of nothing). I'm, "ipso facto," a nasty copycat, you know? :-) Surfing Mosaic to find info. on "Banzai Run"... -------------------------------------------- 혹시라도 어쩌다가 아픔같은 것이 저며올 때는 그럴 땐 바다를 생각해 바다 ... ----- 김민기의 <봉우리> 중에서 ----------- J jhan@ucsd.edu