----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]> > I can cite many a PBS station, for example, that > have wasted millions on monuments to pure ego. > If you're speaking of actual structural entities, rather than abstract concepts like programs and such... It all has to do with the same inevitable thing...one man's pride in his erection(s)! Same thing applies to hospitals...since they are rarely challenged as to their expenditures, their approach is usually "We'll build the biggest, shiniest, most impressive <whatever> that has ever existed...make sure our names are on the cornerstone, though!!" Meanwhile, I get a gazillion spam messages a day offering me "a larger, firmer, more impressive erection...just click here for details..." So, be the erections biological or architectural, the same rules seem to apply... Steven C. Barr