Yeah, well, some day LJ is going to catch on and prohibit hotlinking (although I suppose it could be viewed as not hotlinking since I paid for the space/bandwidth) so it would be prudent to check out gallery downloading tools.

I know exactly what you mean about the clunky interface but having invested time in learning to navigate it AND the time required to upload. The thought of downloading each icon individually strikes fear into my heart. I don't have a file system at all! I use file names to help me organize but even that will be cumbersome to upload to another system. There really isn't a good, foolproof method, is there?

Thanks for the good thoughts. :) I've had a lot of private e-mails and messages. There are a number of really nice people out there and I have a best-friends-since-we-were-8 friend who lives about a mile away so I have very strong support in my non-digital life, too.

If I must be superstitious, and I prefer not to be, I choose to believe that the third time's the charm for LIMS. ;) I don't actually associate my hurdles of late with the LIMS. Rather, I find that the difficulties suck the fun out of the finale for me. That stinks because I enjoy the comm and I want to celebrate the winners and everyone who takes part. Luckily, I am not the only mod and others pick up the slack.