TOC---i can soooooo relate to how you feel about having to carry corks around with you. The corks are to stop the mouth up because you'd love to talk to people about your interests, but no one else on the planet shares 'em. there have been times in my life when I swore I would never speak again, literally, never talk, a vow of silence beyond giving someone the time of day and saying thank you to the person who bagged my groceries.
funny thing is, I coulda used you about 15 yrs ago when I needed to do research on supernovas because of a star trek story I was writing.
and how many of us mention to our real life contacts "hey, I've got a story on the internet that actually has (fill in the issue being discussed) as part of the plot!" ? zip. we are all wierdos living in our own little universes. i oughta know, looking at my sig and avatar.
---ps--I mean, we may mention the stories, but do those people go read 'em? nope.
