Just wanted to add a thought before signing out tonight.  Amidst the throng of bikers along Michigan Avenue, viewable from my office at 500 N. Michigan, and the din of fireworks that sound almost like downtown Chicago has mysteriously relocated to the West Bank, I've been thinking about how people approach games from the standpoint of rules and what it means in a broader context.  From all of the years I have played games, I've noticed two distinct types of people, those who play according to the rules and those who play with the rules.  Now, the fireworks appear to have caused my brain to lose all capacity to function, or perhaps that's just the time (6:44pm as I type this), so I'll leave the conclusion to you, the reader, for now.  I'm sure that I'll be revisiting this topic shortly.