hey! my ancient name is on THIS page!!! makes it seem like I was a real writer, once. or that I could've been a career, all in my instance. well, if my steps are trepidatious now, you should've seen me then. thru the years, shaking off influence, taking a stab at, circling around. I could tell you the whole grey story, the main theme being persistance--a good Protestant value, and probably the only one I'll keep--until rattle and shake I broke on thru to the other side. how it feels, at any rate. I'm not really regretful of this particular trip down the road.