Ah... what a truly marvelous gameday, as always....
Breakfast: Though I was late by about a half-hour, I still made it there before Mark, so it really wasn't a problem at all... The pre-gaming pow-wow was filled with artery-clogging breakfast skillets, laughter, and a phonecall to our comrades out at Chez Piratecat.
Bad Fur Day: Hats off to my tremendous group: MattyHelms (who will turn into a damned fine D&D player given a bit of time...

), thalmin, Dinkledog, Halma, and gru. You guys put up with my poor rules knowledge and a skeleton of what will be, once fleshed out, a truly awesome scenario. I had a blast, and learned a lot about 3.5e that I just didn't plain know...
Matty, your kind review of my session is awesome....aw hell, you'll make me blush! I really don't know if I'm worthy of such lofty praise, but... thanks a lot my friend
Coming later when I'm not about to fall asleep on the keybaord:
My thoughts on the second slot!