Hi Sara -
you wrote-
> but I get
>rather self-conscious at times, mainly because I'm a novice researcher, and
>can't keep up with some of the conversation. Kind of parallels the concept
>of Legitimate Peripheral Participation -- I'm on the periphery and
>spiraling in.
if you have seen any of my occasional rantings, you'll note that
every level of discourse - whether technical or not - is accepted in this
list, and is listened to, I think. In whatever way you choose to speak,
the questions are always valid ones, by virtue of their being questions...
I look forward to your spiralling further to
participation. :-)
diane