- blush -

gee, shucks, thanks

- wipes away a tear -

i'd like to thank mom, dad, my agent, the stoodio, martin luther king, the guys at indus kebabs, all the staff at the piper,

- goes on for several minutes until dragged offstage in a headlock by whoopi goldberg -

Not at all, noodle.

I intend to give out more of these so I wasn't proposing a prize as such. Call me cheap but it's back to the Olympic spirit here, so we're talking laurel twigs. Enjoy.

I particularly liked noodle's :) One of those "YES" moments!

I started reading this and think it was a great idea- you're right, you do like to give out praise, and that certainly can't hurt your parenting skills (makes me think if that's one thing I really lack, that I'm more reluctant to hand out praise, myself) but I was kind of expecting a SMoG by the time I finished reading the article, but I didn't get one! I want my money back.

I did say 'small' didn't I? Anyway I'll try harder in future, David.

ACKk!

How did I miss this?

Sorry Robin, I was, er, in New York, and distracted.

Thanks!

My pleasure Stuart, both to give and to read. No worries, you've had your hands full and your head somewhere else.

Congratulations re the romance which after all is rather more of an achievement/comfort than the above piece of netty nonsense.