It is hypothesized that a sufficiently large number of monkeys banging away randomly at keyboards, eventually the great works of literature will be produced. Random chance meets chaos, complexity, and the butterfly effect. Similarly, a tornado sweeping through a junkyard can theoretically assemble a skyscraper or a jumbo jet, if the events are repeated a sufficient number of times. After all, we all evolved from primal slime, given enough time and chance. Suggestion Jim: Train your fractal cats to pound away on your keyboard, maybe put little pictures of flys or cockroaches on the keys; maybe get one of those mouses that really look like a mouse. Train them to associate a beautiful fractal image on the screen rewarded with a can of fresh bumble-bee tuna! Open up fractint and the formula parser. Then cut them loose and let it happen. Maybe you will never have to work again to produce the next FOTD !? Just a thought. (I've been drinking too much). Why are we here? What's it all about? JoTz