<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bravo. Great post. In other words, the phrase means: be open. Have flexibility. Think about it; read it again. Have a "student mind." In the words of The Pirate, "always an apprentice." IT MEANS SOMETHING WE ALL STAND FOR.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>So, Paul, in person and in this mode you embody the qualities I look for and admire in a colleague. You are welcome to express yourself however you wish, because I trust it will be for the best, and for the good of our community.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>One egregious failure I will point out: YOUR FONT IS TOO SMALL. Please. I'm a pathetic old weak-eyed geezer. Have mercy.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best,</DIV><DIV>David Andersen<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 21, 2007, at 1:04 AM, PAULREVENKOJONES wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">Ric (and others):</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">Thanks for your kind words. In truth (not an opinion), I have taken this saying as one of those found objects that we all come across at times and consider it to be oddly profound, so decided to create the "signature" in order to remind myself as I was writing on this list that I am dealing with some very smart and tough-minded people; that (my) opinion can indeed blinker me to the truth and that I had better watch my step: I don't have to have an opinion about everything. Or anything for that matter. It is is, actually, a difficult little saying to get one's brain around, so it can be disturbing if one doesn't wish to investigate self-reflexive conundrums (conundra?). Looking at it closely, I don't think there is any "attitude" expressed. It makes my mind wobble (more than it usually does) and I like that. I've revised the format so that it perhaps won't be as obtrusive.</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; ">Paul </SPAN></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>