Shy, thanks for the avatars, they're so cute, really, i feel alot better - the 'brain' thing was a little too much for me, i mean, if i were a genius, i'd be thrilled, but since i'm a mere mortal, it was overwhelming. comments? suggestions? advertisements?
also, how did you crop the graphics? i tried using something that was loaded into the machine, but it didn't work, i must have tried a dozen times, and gave up. i really should just retire from the whole thing, i'm not 20 anymore, but once you get started with this stuff, it's difficult to quit.

how is your fencing coming along? I remember when you first jumped onto the board, you wanted to learn to fence, so, how's it going? what weapon did you decide on?