Thanks for tutoring me, everyone. The last comment reminded me of some of the recent films that do similar things--such as Memento, a movie that many students find compelling. On the lighter side -- there's the Seinfeld episode, in the final season, where they go to India for a wedding -- it happens episodically, in reverse. Now we've gone from Twain, to Fitzgerald & Amis, and then on to Seinfeld -- how 'bout that?? -- Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Saint Louis University