jeff,

just a couple of public notes in reply (but keep watching for the private reply :)

o regarding the use of "worthless", this comes directly from my disclaimer page:

meta-disclaimer - use of the term worthless should be considered to be either smart aleck or ironic, depending on your level of involvement and sophistication.

o the disclaimer itself defines the word 'wwftd' /WIFT ed/ (worthless word for the day) -- it's wordy, so I won't repeat it here.