ayn rand?

[ed.n...@syslink.mcs.com]

Only peripherally on topic, but you might find it interesting:

Among copyeditors, a favorite argument in support of the "serial comma" (i.e.
the comma that comes just before the 'and' in a series of three items or more)
is demonstrated by a supposed dedication in someone else's work. Whether
apocryphal or not I dunno. Anyway, it was supposedly published as--

. Dedicated to my parents, Ayn Rand and God

(See what happens when house style doesn't require serial commas?) --ed

ed.n...@syslink.mcs.com