FOR TSE: You know, this is actually kind of sad. Not to take away from your objections at all, but Anasazi is such a lyrical word. When I was in college minoring in anthropology, I took a course on the Southwest Indian tribes -- run by a professor so lazy, he gave an A to anyone who even bothered to turn in a paper. Didn't read it. Threw it in the trash right in front of you. Marked down your grade ... and you were free to go.

In that class, however, we learned that the three major prehistoric civilizations of that region were the Anasazi, the Hohokam and the Mogollon. Of those maybe Hohokam is the most fun to say ... but Anasazi is the most musical.

The Inn of the Anasazi was / is one of my favorite restaurants in Santa Fe. The decor is divine and so is the food. (It's a shame we can't afford to eat there any more.)

Darn, I wish its meaning weren't so messed up.

P.S. For my term paper in that anthropology class, I wrote on Apache and Navajo witchcraft. I wish I could remember one guzbucking thing that I wrote in it.