Thank you all for taking the time to look at the photos and express an opinion. Sandy and I knew that we could count on the 'Catters to come up with ideas which were off the beaten path.

      To answer a few of the questions...
1) Why didn't we choose one ourselves? We did. We narrowed it down to these three. Being as close to the project as we are, we thought that it might be productive to get some outside perspectives. In short, we got stuck and needed to get some alternative input with the hope of getting unstuck.

2) Yes, Charlie Noble. That is the point. The title came from that photograph.

       As mentioned, 'Catters can always be depended on to take the road less traveled, as it were. Of the 35 or so other people who have weighed in so far about the cover designs (from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace,etc.) You are the only ones who did not like the picture and did not think that it was funny. Oh, well.
         That is not say that we won't take your comment in the spirit in which they were given, or that we will not consider your thoughts seriously as we go about making the final choice. All of the views expressed are being taken seriously (though not personally).
          Again, thank you for having taken the time to help us out.

Stephen L. Rich