> "Before you go, I have a thought for you. A thought of what people
>ahve said about me for years. People have been saying that I would never go
>to the top of SF because I was not political enough. That I did not make
>nice with others, that I was terse at times. That I was too bull headed.
>The one theme comes to mind in all of that sentiment... That just because
>you don't play the game means that you can't or aren't good enough to play
>it. Really now.....
>
>Have a good night, Admiral. Sleep well." He said smiling ever so slightly..
>was he trying to imply something.....
Was he implying something about himself or about her? She couldn't be
sure. "Goodnight, Admirrral," she said, then headed out. She walked
slowly back to her own quarters, thinking about what he'd said. It haunted
her, even as she was trying to go to sleep, sleep did come, and curled in
her nest of pillows, she slept soundly.
<nighty-night>
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931)