The little book I was trying to remember is called The Elements of E-Mail Style, by David Angell and Brent Heslop. Boston, Addison, 1994. It has a three or four-page discussion of the "smileys" or emoticons--and gives advice on how/when/where to use them! p.s. does anyone have a source for statistics on the growth of numbers of writing centers in universities in north america? Say for the last 30 years?? If so, I'd really like to have it. best to everybody --0 Andrea Lunsford