Okay... I'll try another test now...If I'm doing this right, this should be boldfaced, this should be italicized, and this should be underlined.Survey says...

What you see above is what I put into AIM. Okay, gaim: the open source version on AOL IM. What follow is what I entered using the web interface:

Okay... I'll try another test now...

If I'm doing this right, this should be boldfaced, this should be italicized, and this should be underlined.

Survey says...

So -- looks like I'll have to use true AIM to get this working. Which is a disappointment because I chose mindsay for the AIM entry feature, and most of my time is spent at a machine running Solaris OS -- not Windows. Yuck.

Tonight is Purim -- Jewish holiday where kids (and those of us pretending to be adults) dress up. Avi (the 14 month old) will be a penguin if the costume fits. Kyra (the wife) will be a penguin wrangler. And I just shaved off everything on my face but a 70s trucker moustache and 70s trucker sideburns in order to be.... yup - you guessed it - Peter Garrett, the lead singer from Midnight Oil.

Okay. Not really. But we're off to lunch and then to Goodwill to pick up some happening 70s clothes. Since none of you know what I look like anyway, a nice creepy 70s picture of me should be a shocking first impression...