I am a guest because I was banished from Max's Kingdom.

In the days before membership and cookies we all just logged in, and I was gargoyle. (little "g" as homage to the style of the noble "dick greenhouse."

(Posting and design were less user friendly then, try the Library of Congress "WayBack Machine" at "archive.org" for a sample of the Mudcat's 1997/98/99 design.)

Max/Joe became more than a little miffed about my controversial style, and were concerned about complaints from a menagre of newly arrived, thin-skinned critters. Their patience came to an end near St. Patrick's Day in regard to a "Little Armalite" thread and the brewha it developed.

Their ingenious software solution to the situation was that the name gargoyle could not be entered into a thread title.

My hack around it was to use a a comma, period, umlaut, apostrophe, or tildee, to circumvent the block.

Hence, most official "gargoyle" postings generally have a period in front of the name. Many also continue to use the traditional html style.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Proud to be a GUEST, since polite society always accords guests more respect than family.