Frantic Fractal and Philosophy Fans: Do not lose faith. I have not burned out; I have merely been very busy. But the job that is causing the rush will be delivered the morning of Tuesday the 22nd, giving me ample time to settle down and prepare the FOTD for August 23. So praises be to the powers that be. The FOTD will resume in only three days, on Wednesday. As for the consciousness thread currently threading its way around the philofractal list, I will have much to say. I find the topic of self-awareness one of the most interesting topics facing man. Not only do we have no idea where it comes from, we don't even know what it is, and we can't even agree on how to define it. Maybe self-awareness is a great illusion -- nothing that comes from nowhere. And if this is so, we may define it any way we wish. Jim (the probably conscious) Muth