alrighty-odor my peeps! gotta say that i missed ya'll whilst my hardrive took a major dukey last week! 145 gigs of grade-a data.....-poof-...gone. wah! lesson: always back up yer stizz-uff or it goes bye-bye. sionara baby. anywho, i is back and almost ready to post about the making of the hands, but i have much sanding to do. so here am a coupla pix of the beard going on and a few other tings to edify my existence ( actually got some work this week so as to increase the possibilities of groceries in the fridge!) artistically speakin. enjoy!