Well Mr ctrout, that may well be very good advice however this stupid ol East Texas Country Boy has followed a few trails, and made more trails when advisors all said it couldn't be done. Yes, I fell off some high logs, but I am still here carrying the banner for Freedom.

What "they say" is not of my concern. What "they DO" can raise my ire a bit.
I prefer the more learned sayings such as:

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
Thomas Jefferson

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
Theodore Roosevelt

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will.
Ronald Reagan

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
Albert Einstein

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein

The only source of knowledge is experience.
Albert Einstein

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson

And as Einstein said - paraphrased - If one is happy to march in step, then all one needs is a backbone as the brain is wasted.

So Mr. ctrout, my school is now out. You can go back to your beautiful art work. That is really something that you do. [sm=thumbs_up.gif]