Tofu: 1. Heh - nope. I'm not big into the "let's hide I'm a corporate shill" style of promotion.

2. Point taken, although there are people writing poetry, limericks, songs, etc about IBW... but I suppose words are a bit different to execute than PS.

3. I understand where she's coming from, which was why I tried to be as upfront about it as possible. No offense taken, none meant. Welcoming me to the community with rolling eyes isn't exactly what I'd call superior community relations, but I've got thicker skin than that. I bet you do get a lot of trolls around here, so I can't say I blame her.

3b. I don't know jack about Lotus or Act!. I'll admit I can write a function in Excel, but it's not something I enjoy doing.

4. Yeah, I've got that art degree stuck in a closet somewhere. Perhaps I will stick around, maybe enter a contest or what not. I'm a little worried about what a cockle game is though, especially if it has anything to do with the Urban Dictionary definition of cockle.

p.s. Thanks, I agree. I'd bet Micah is friendlier though, Ana's just a royal pain.

p.s.s. Isn't it supposed to be p.p.s.? I've never claimed to be a Photoshop guru - anfa's getting the banana on my head is definitely out of my league. At least in under 10 hours of pulling my hair out. But I'll take the compliment regardless, thanks.

Hey, if I win you can have the book you want for your dad!

Hey thanks Anfa! That's a great gesture and one I'll definitely take you up on.

Don't know if jaacob will ever pop in here again but I thought I'd let everyone know (even though you probably don't really care ) that he was on the up and up.

I got the book from him a while back. He failed to tell everyone that he was sending brand new books. Looks like he won it and then put my name/addy in for the shipping information.

that's nice. You should've gotten that one I liked, though. I forgot about this, the last anyone posted was a month ago.

Yep. Truth be told I completely forgot about it until the book showed up in my mailbox.

don't be so quick to write me off tofu, i may just come back and win one of your little contests here...

well, probably not, but i do appreciate you taking the time to "clear my name".

the "treasure" were all books i had won for myself and enjoyed, so i bought a copy for the winner and just had 8cr ship them direct.

hope you enjoy the book!