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Thanks gem. I’m just used to seeing boy band products come in groups, so the solo act thing makes me wonder if he’s actually talented.

[Obviously he’s talented, I mean duh… what I really mean is whether he is superstar talent or if you could find a few thousand people in the country who are just as good at singing and dancing and whatnot as he is….. creativity is big too, does he create or is he just a performer? big difference there]

Yeah, Gem, Soundgarden was part of the buzz bin when I was in middle school rocking the flannels and the doc marten 8-holes.

The number four character in Japanese and Chinese is pronounced shi. That is the Chinese reading; it is also the pronounciation for a different character which means death. So sometimes they don’t have the 4th floor in buildings. Like 13 here. (Friday the 13th being the crucifixion).

“(It was done to Ronald Reagan which is probably why he was so screwed up.)”

Arkady, funny! Ok, given what you said, I feel very comfortable with my decision to not tamper with Champ #2’s lefthandedness. And you’re right, the term for left in French is “gauche”. Being a lefty has historically been viewed as a negative in many cultures.

M4L, I was kidding about the foot binding.