I find your answers awesome and so very Rachel. thank you for the response.

>>It's amazing to me how many of the things I most feared when I was young turned out to happen.
...wow. That's an intense statement.

re 18, that's surprisingly close to mine of you, along with "she's obviously brilliant but I just don't 'get' her." heh. We seem to have gotten to know one another better now, though, and I am quite glad of it.

Also, artichokes are a vegetable...and my favorite as well, wow, something foodwise we actually AGREE on? I may die of shock now. If you ever manage to visit me, I shall feed you artichokes.