Consultation, n.: Medical term meaning "to share the wealth." Never try to outstubborn a cat. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"	Once upon this midnight incoherent, While you pondered sentient and crystalline, Over many a broken and subordinate Volume of gnarly lore, While I pestered, nearly singing, Sudddenly there came a hewing, As of someone profusely skulking, Skulking at my chamber door. Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle. -- Steinbach