the owner of a town? google didn't help at all it did, however, help me find a site which talked about religions as related to the owner of an ass -- http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Ginohn/cetera/hankisms.html what a small world, eh? Marlene's friend Rash has a blog there -- http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Rash/ these are also the folks who created the popular Fluxx game -- http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Fluxx/ and, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only site ever to link to my Rocket Cards! -- http://www.wunderland.com/WTS/Tirade/TiradesLinks99.html (see entry for 9/23/99) woohoo! rudy