Ah, Ben, you always have the positive spin on things. I read the first of the Castaneda books (The Teachings of Don Juan?) but none of the others, though I remember you talking about them a lot. Yes, it would be nice to be a sorcerer -- it would certainly make getting things done a lot easier. I'll try to look at the crows in a different light, but I still think I'm going to chase them away when I can. The thing about superstitions is that there's no good reason for them and there's really no logic to argue them away. Ah well.