John Detwiler wrote: >If anyone has any thoughts on how to make CM "cool," I think we could get >some good ideas going. Santu De Silva writes: >The word "cool" has some subtle connotations. Unruffled. Slightly >dangerous. Anti-establishment. Not too concerned with appearances. >Laid back. Undemonstrative and unemotional. Once again I must clarify everything....:) People that we identify as cool write their *own* stories and create their *own* experiences. Their life is good enough. They aren't interested in vicariously enjoying the stories, (in this case, CM) of others. Youth and vicarious activity don't really go together, although there are a few daydreamers in every crowd. Vicarious enjoyment as a necessity seems to come with age---even for those that were cool in their youth. One may argue that the cool ones listen to pop music, but I would say it's more accessorizing (sp?) their "happening" lifestyle than for losing themselves in the musings of others. John "just do it" Smyth