--- I wrote: Jim, calling Ray "just a fed up, cynical fan" are akin to --end of quote--- Before anyone calls me on my own grammar: I originally wrote "Jim, your comments are akin to", then replaced "your commments" with "calling Ray 'just a fed up, cynical fan' " to be more specific, but forgot to change 'are' to 'is'. Fifty lashes for me for such carelessness...