Thomas Kissane wrote:
 
> I hope you don't read that as a swipe. It wasn't intended as one.

And I had written:

> No offense taken. It gives me a chance to set the record straight.


I've run into TSE list misinterpretations of my feelings about Eliot's
sexuality before and I just didn't want new list member's take the
joking statement as fact.

Regards,
    Rick Parker

PS - I'll get my revenge as soon as I can come up with a joke about the
poet, the lawyer and the architect ;-)