In a message dated 3/2/01 3:11:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, mistral@centurytel.net writes:

<< I think the schmaltziest story I've read yet (or maybe that I can bear to remember) is one about Avon giving Blake a copy of the song 'The Impossible Dream' for Christmas. It was just a leetle past my suspension of disbelief-o-meter. >>

AAARRRGGGHH!!!! oOOoohghhhh...the very idea has me writhing on the floor. Quick, somebody pass me the bottle of stevia!!

There was actually a Gan story written once that had him cradling and rocking an injured Avon. But believe it or not, the story actually worked. It was in character for Gan, and very appealing. I loved it, and almost everyone else did too.

Leah