Welcome again to Richard Hometchko, our resident ephemeral contributor. I always enjoy your humor, I just wish your posts lasted longer .

A few days ago I mentioned that my blog postings always seem to revolve around two topics, Victory Pig Pizza and Rush. One of the projects I worked on most recently at HP was the de100c Digital Entertainment Center. I loved this product, but it didn't sell too well and so it was cancelled .

I began participating in a de100c Yahoo user group and started a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) web page which has proven to be quite popular with the users. Well, being me, I couldn't help but mention Rush while describing a new feature that allows you to convert your precious vinyl recordings into CDs. I used a Rush as an example of one of the albums I converted from vinyl to CD. Then one participants in the forum sent me an email asking, 'You like Rush? Well maybe you like Yes too.' Of course I do. Who doesn't like Yes? It's part of my upbringing to like Yes. Well to make a long story short, this guy is Yes' manager and he sent me their latest 5-CD box set called 'In a Word, Yes' which is an absolutely phenomenal collection of their work from 1969 to the present. He also threw in a DVD video which is called Yes Symphonic Live and their latest album, Magnification.

Helping people on the Internet is a way to build up your karma, because you will most likely not be rewarded for it in this lifetime, but this was most certainly an exception to that rule .