At 5:05 PM -0500 12/26/01, Liebig, Steuart A. wrote: >** right. since i have a dayjob, i must be an amateur . . . i'm >thinking of having a t-shirt made that so identifies me. > >besides which, how many "professionals" are really doing something >that they feel in their creative hearts to make the $$$? damn few in >my estimation. It's worth reflecting on the fact that before "profession" came to mean "a line of work" it generally described a religious calling. So traditionally, a professional was one who had a lofty goal and whose work had a spiritual essence. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz