I guess I started this whole thing by mentioning that Ms. Goldberg, like Twain, got her first step to stardom in San Francisco (and Berkeley), not in San Diego (a very different place), as the Associated Press and Herald Tribune had printed. The Sammies came up as an idea: I'm going to go back through the suggestions to get a count on just how many nominees are white males (most), and ask if this is a reflectioon on the academic community, the Twain reading community, or the general public, in viewing who is funny and/or important. Richard Reineccius (San Franciscan/Minnesotan - viewing from Poland)