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Bruce, I guess I tried being this and being that because the "normal" me wasn't working in the first place.

You really have a problem with the "eat shit and die" thing. Sorry it offends you, but I've always kinda liked that one as a last ditch effort to tell someone I really don't like them and if they cannot listen to my view of something in the same way I have listened to their view, then they should shut the "F" up and go on about their way. I do believe that the only person I have directed that to is Quzah and I feel pretty confident that he/she could care less what I say or feel about him/her.

You seem to be right about me not being able to convey my personality very well in written form. My personality tends to piss people off in person too, unless they know me and can tell when I'm joking and when I'm serious. I try to use the smilies to let people know I'm razzing them, but maybe they aren't even looking at them and taking my words at face value, in which case I can see where the misunderstanding or offense is taken. I don't know any other way of conveying my humor, I have actually written out in words a disclaimer and people still twist what I'm trying to say and turn it into something it's not.