I sure hope so or I'll get kicked off on my first post! Santa brought me "Head First Java" and following the book's instructions I'm taking my first break. I might be biting off more than I can chew, and at first I'll only be able ask questions. Hopefully, if I keep at it I'll get to the point where I can answer some questions too! Supposedly parts of my brain don't work right and maybe they never will. Shed no tears for me, but please allow me an occasional "mulligan" if I ask a dumb question. I moved down south for the weather and managed to get struck by lightning..ouch! Go figure! In an earlier life I was an AS400 programmer. The experts tell me nerve damage by lightning is permanent but that doesn't mean I can't learn this. I already know I can get a job if I can learn to use Java to write business queries against a cluster of SQL servers. I might be damaged by the lightning but can still think and sit at my pc by myself! That's what I aim to do! If this first post of mine is poor form please forgive me! No more vanity I promise. I'm taking my first few steps of this journey and I refuse to give up!!! Enough break time already...back to my book!