>Couldn't agree more. Pistachio is not everyone's favorite flavor. Left-handed is not a sign of the devil (although thought to be at one time). Cats are not the devil incarnate (although thought to be at one time; shortly before they were exterminated in Europe, which was shortly before the number of rats in Europe soared, which was shortly before the The Plague).

Too bad they didn't exactly have proper statistics at the time, but the cats-rats-plague line does make sense.

It's also widely believed that people have cats. The connoisseurs know that it's the other way around :).

Back to our subject - Janis, I'd like to say something nice, but the phrase "new life" always reminds me of whatever the folks say when they're released from prison :). I've had big changes in my life several times, but that was mostly changing jobs, homes or countries, all on the outside. Well I guess it may be similar in some superficial way - you change the outside and the whole interaction with your environment, yet stay the same person inside. Good luck!