I promised myself I wouldn't post here, but I'm making an exception solely because I think too many of the wrong voices are being heard in this thread. This isn't to say that the many voices being heard here don't have valid things to say and experiences to share, just that this is not the place for them. I feel like Eric was pretty clear about which voices this was intended to be a venue for, and so, if you don't fit what Shrub intended this thread for, but would still like to talk, please join me in
this thread.
Hopefully this thread can return to its intent.