Thanks - I'm a he by the way, not a she.

Are you suggesting that I break this one up into several different posts, John?

Re male/female names, for over a year, I'd been exchanging emails with Kelly O'day from Climate Charts & Graphs and without even thinking about it, assumed Kelly was a she. In Australia, Kelly is more commonly a female name. I was quite embarrassed when he corrected my misconception. Isn't it great how the interenet brings all these cultures together :-)

It's okay, I get mistaken for a she all the time, I'm used to it.  Speaking of Italian, you should hear all the different ways Americans butcher my last name (Nuccitelli), Riccardo.  Probably the most common is Noo-sih-tell-ee, and I also get a lot of Noo-ti-chel-ee (correct pronunciation is Noo-chih-tell-ee).

Anyway, I guess this one is ready to go for Saturday.  Feel free to publish it that day John, or I can too.  If you want to say something about Blog Action Day, it might be better if you publish it.