Thanks for the PMs Joy. I just came back to find out what progress has been made with this peculiar puzzle. So the culprit is a word in the first paragraph apparently.

As you said, this is getting to be more fun than the original diary. Jon narrowed it down to one word, so now I am going to tempt fate by using that word. I'll soon see if it works by previewing it first. When it doesn't work, the preview doesn't happen - you just get taken back to the main forum page.

Okay, it looks like Jon got it right - it's "poker" with a period after it. Without the period, it's all right. Gawd knows why though. Maybe his wild guess on the help forum is right, too. I do love a good mystery!

Anyway, on with the show!

Jenny