No offense to any of the esteemed academics on this list, but I 
wanted to make the gratuitous observations that Mark Twain was not a 
professor, anywhere, and that I am certain he would have enjoyed 
being Camy's houseguest ten times more than reading a hundred 
scholarly postings on this site.

Ben


>Dear Doctor Greg and other professors:
>As a graduate of Catholic school and catholic college, I was taught to rise
>when someone holding a PhD entered the room.  I always address a professor
>as "Doctor" unless I am instructed not to do so.  When I find requests for
>papers, I with my little B.A. in English lit shrink back in horror, feeling
>this is quite above me.  I have been chastised in the past by someone for
>asking a question that has been posed previously.  I'm sorry about that, but
>I'm still figuring out with my screen reader how to properly peruse the
>archives.  I wanted to be an English Grammarian, but no one knew how one
>could achieve that.  Do I love Twain?  I think the answer to that is more
>than obvious since I am a member of this list.  When I get to heaven,
>(hoping that Miss Watson isn't there), when I meet Saint Peter, I'm going to
>ask "Where is Mark Twain?"  I have spoken with a retired teacher who also is
>on this list who feels that some profs are in an ivory tower.  Mind you, I
>highly respect you, but always ask myself when posting anything if I am
>being too trite or ridiculous.  I'm kind of like Huck in his dirty clothes,
>feeling out of place.  Oh but I love Twain, so I hope you'll forgive a gal
>with a B.A. in English lit, who didn't stay in teaching because she didn't
>want to put up with the garbage from kids who have no respect for authority.
>You can tell I've been reading dickens, as this is an exceptionally long
>post.
>Bless all of you for welcoming me back, and I do intend to stay.
>Camy