Announcement: Two papers finished and turned in. Am I prolific? I am prolific. Perhaps as not at prolific as Ryan Adams, but we all know that he doesn't keep appointments. I do my best to keep important engagements. It's funny, right now I feel like I am on top of the world right now, but tomorrow when I face my stack of books and the other two papers that are due on Friday, I may have fallen deep into the depths of despair. How melodramatic. Lovely. I will name my alter ego Melanie Ivana Demetrius. Three claims to heritage--being British, Russian and Greek Orthodox. She drinks cheap wine by the case, writes very bad poetry, is drop-dead beautiful with waistlength chocolate brown hair, and drives a 20 year old Benz, cream colored. Diesel.