It's nice to see the completely random group of people on this site. I think I fit in somewhere in there. My name is John, I live out near Kansas City (yes it's in both Kansas and Missouri), in a few days will be a 26 yr old computer geek, have been doing some minor photography for years, then I lost my 35mm and was without any camera for about 3 years before acquiring a Canon Digital Elph s230 that I carry daily as it's a nice pocket sized cam and the stainless steel body makes me not worry so much about it getting banged around. about 6 months ago I made the upgrade to a Rebel XT and am very happy with that (even though they made some improvements for the XTi...) I'm rather envious about everyone living in scenic areas or at least having time to go out and get more shots of everything. Most of my pictures are taken at the local renaissance festival however I do have a few (albeit not that great) pictures on my website
http://johnwright.homeip.net dating back to 2000 and the quality has improved a LOT with the tips coming in from DPS. Thanks a ton for running the site!
As a side note, everyone remember to back up your stuff, I lost all but what is on my site recently with a HD crash..
For the most part, however, I just find it a good reason to try to get the shots again with the new tips I have been receiving.