Hi Zosja...thank you very much for the nice welcome...actually I have been here for a long time...since probably around the time the Susan Smith ad thing happened and this site got a lot of attention...but I had been looking at Prison Penpal sites for a long time before I discovered THIS particular (and wonderful) site...I knew about other sites but for some reason never knew about this one...and was glad to find it...first one I had ever seen which had a message board in it....I remember very cool people who used to be here who I don't see any longer...like Professor Dumbledorf and that beautiful blonde lady with the "big boofy" hair who used to post a lot who was in love with an inmate...and that nice young lady who loved Tweety Bird stuff like Tweety on beach towels who was also in love with an inmate...she had short dark hair and long nails...(HEY gals are you still out there???)...I wish I could remember their handles. ANYWAY...thanks for the advice but I am afraid I could not use my middle name either because it is too identifiable as it is not a common name at all...arrrgggggh.