Apropos the Confidence-Man : reading the paper last night, I noticed the legal phrase used for the criminal charge of passing counterfeit checks is : "uttering and publishing."

The below was written under the influence of The Confidence-Man, His Masquerade, and the thought of Chateau Latour 1900 about to open on 1 Jan 2000. (PLEASE note the mobius-like inside-out rhymes, AbBa.)