"the winter that took my dreams away, and turned me into the twisted
outcast
freak that I am today.:-o :-( D."

I have been through this REPEATEDLY.

It was a CONSECUTIVE series of cross-annual, though 2002 IN PARTICULAR,
bad CIRCUMSTANCES, that has left me in the position that I am today.:-o
:-( :-(

However, the apology thing is what has obviously been enough to drive a
perfectly SANE man like me, with THREESCORE DEGREES(!), to this mess
that I am now in today.:-( :-(

D.