it may have something to do with me earlier seeing (in the movie theater) the shockingly bad "national treasure" with nicholas cage, but i just finished watching "the chronicles of riddick" on dvd with (yes!) vin diesel. and, i have to say i thought latter was surprisingly good. with a comicbook/achyles/gladiator-type hero, very original set design (falling somewhere between ancient greek ("troy"), otherworldly ("dune"), and ("star wars") science fiction) and a plotline sufficiently-enough entertaining, i think it may have gotten attention if someone like ridley scott would have directed it. at the very least an entertaining and well-crafted movie from an unexpected source

oh and allen, i seriously feel your pain as well my son. i have trouble admitting this but i am posting this on my old g3 because my g4 is in the shop, awaiting its fait after i dumped a half can of beer into it. i too backed up nothing, including a handfull of new tracks that would have shaken the music world (i think that is true although if i never get anything back from my harddrive the world might never know). stay strong, stay *****