thanks man... history has been my first love since the age of 3. ;)

i am still in silicon valley... finishing up assignments for a couple finance courses i took @ stanford and preparing myself for an assault on jobs in england, come the new year. briefly stopping by montreal early-december and then heading to oman for christmas. (speaking of which, apparently eid al-adha is going to coincide with new year's. dubaiwalla, you'll be glad to know, i hope, that my dad asked me to prepone my departure from montreal (back to muscat), so that he can procure 'permits'. he won't divulge details about the destination but considering there is only one border that is frequently used to apply for such permits, it's pretty obvious where it is! (-: )