No, not the Harry Olson book, but in relation to Rob's reference to Denny Payton of the DC5, Brian May of Queen just completed (but has not defended) his PhD thesis in astronomy, which he had left off some 30 years ago after getting B.Sc. in Physics: http://news.myspace.com/science/physics/item/7691696. Rob, there's still time to be a rock star! Alex