Thanks for the elegant reply, S. That actually puts the whole phenomenon into perspective. I just wonder if there are others like myself that are turning to Trichotillomania for relief of CBCMS (Chronic Bad Christian Music Syndrome).

But if I can come out of the closet on something--A few months ago I heard that Trent Reznor was putting up his most recent album for free download at his personal site; and I respect that. His music wasn't my thing, but I like the guy's perspective. Later, I heard that he's uploaded a few of his songs in Apple's GarageBand file format--a multi-track raw format that allows any Apple owner to be a producer.

And since I've been goofing off with GarageBand because of the podcast, I gave it a whirl. And just by seeing what Trent has done, I've learned a lot relative to how better use the program. And in the meantime, I've caught a taste for the guy's twisted, dark and generally unhealthy music. It's almost like bad beer--it tastes like crap going down the first time, but then you oddly and inexplicably want another.

So to try and get that darkness out of my head, I turned to KLOV--which only made the situation worse. So I'm currently trying to ween myself...

Semester's over; the only people that failed are those who I expected to fail. So I guess that's a positive.