*grin* the mention of ren-faire makes me remember last year's visit to MD ren-faire - where my friends wondered why people kept coming up and stuttering over my name (new met 'catters tend to call me muh-mario, while strictly faire friends call me mario) - it was a little strange - as I actually met more new people who knew of me from mudcat that trip then I did people who knew of me from faire and Alt.fairs.renaissance newsgroup.