Flutterby™! :

Oh yeah, Phrontisterion was Aristophanes name for the school of Socrates in The Clouds. Oh yeah, I've got at least one message (I haven't even begun to wade through this weekend's backlog) suggesting that it was Mae West and not Tallulah Bankhead. Bankhead may have been the "pure as the driven slush" comment, or I may just be digging myself in deeper. I'll see if I can find a reference once I catch up on my sleep. On that note, I just got back from the first Phrontisterion, full reports will be forthcoming. An enlightening weekend talking about the future of interactive story, drama and fiction. Lots of interesting people. Got me back into the thinking about story mode, and in a week or three I might try reviving the idrama mailing list. Time to brush up on the McKee.