Let's get the party started

Well, here I thought I would have to join the masses and buy an iBook. Sorry Sarah, but my genius roommate Lt. Ramm managed to get the ol' hp a workin'. So, fulfilling my promise to get this up by October (and much quicker than the '06 deadline you gave me), here is the first post of my career. I am still consumed with fear of this new adventure, but history is written by the winners. Be a winner, someone once told me. So here goes...