Dear God! Is it a custom here to treat all new members (Considering that I was not even a member in January when the original post was put up, I am clearly not the original victim of the joke) to something which would be much more appropriate as an April Fool's Joke?... ???
Well, anyway, shucks...
thanks so much everyone! I particularly appreciate the extremely warm and friendly welcoming committee prepared for me. Especially since you didn't have to, you know? It was so magnificently sweet of everyone!
Though next time, if this is ever attempted again, I might actually consider taking advantage of the situation to pretend that I actually possess "uber-l33t cr3ature/graph!cs-hack!ng ult!mat3 uber-pwnage skillzorz"...