Old Joe - you've made a lot of great contributions over time on this board. I am also confused by many of your recent posts. I've talked this over with other friends, and we are all concerned for your health. I can speculate that it is sleep deprivation, or that you are suffering some sort of illness, or that you are having a mental breakdown, or you are hitting the bottle too hard because of depression or something, etc. As one who wants to try and provide help to you and (as well as the audience you address), I would humbly ask that you do a little self-examination. It may be something as simple as getting some more sleep. There were some famous studies done sometime back by Harvard - something like the 'Harvard Sleep Lab' tests, and they found that people who were deprived of sleep for more than 48 hours could begin hallucinating, and longer than that could become the equivalent of a trip on LSD. My purpose in this post is not to criticize you, but to simply point out that there are not merely a few who are shaking their heads in wonder and concern about what has happened - and who are missing the old you, with lots of good info. Please forgive me if I am out of line, but I think I speak for a number of others as well, and that this was something that maybe need to be said at this time.