This is rather belated, buuuut... welcome, jlc6314. Do you mind if I call you Jill? That's make it easier for me. You can call me Stage, or Whore, or Peppermint, or Peppermint Patty, or Patty, or... whatever.
I'm going to repost my call for all those going to the S.F. signing. We all ought to at least say hi. So PM me.
BTW, Jill, you should read the FAQ. They're helpful. And surprisingly, not boring.
"`I grow old... I grow old... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.` What does that mean, Mr. Marlowe?"
"Not a bloody thing. It just sounds good."
He smiled. "That is from the `Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.` Here's another one. `In the room women come and go/Talking of Michael Angelo.' Does that suggest anything to you, sir?"
"Yeah -- it suggests to me that the guy didn't know very much about women."
"My sentiments exactly, sir. Nonetheless I admire T. S. Eliot very much."
"Did you say, 'nonetheless'?"
- The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler