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The Rockwood Mailbag

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Have you always wanted to let Team Rockwood know just what you were thinking? Do you wonder why the panels of the strip are laid out horizontally instead of vertically? Or do you have sensitive documents that will bring down the government? In any case, we want to know! Just fill out your name and e-mail address, then let 'er rip! No question or comment is too bizarre for Team Rockwood to take a stab at, and if we can get enough mail coming in, this page will be updated weekly! (Unlike the old mailbag page, which got updated about four times in two years.)

So consider this an experiment in web interactivity. Or, consider it a way to artificially inflate our hit count. Either way, just write in!

Updated on June 17, 2003
		June 9, 2003 So Bill C. returns but not Bill A.? --Elizabeth
		Yep, that's about the size of it, Elizabeth. Look, here at Team Rockwood, we have to say that over the years we've had about as much Bill Clinton as we can stomach, but we've got to admit that he's one charismatic guy. And that's even compared to other cartoonists that we happen to like.
		June 10, 2003 Dear Brian and SUIITUSA, I am like SUIITUSA, at home with dialup and school with high speed. All I can offer to SUIITUSA is one thing. Patience. (you know, one of them virtues) Just think of it like this: it is downloading slowly because Brian is still drawing it (yeah, I know, it's not perfect, but it's a start) --mike
		Good idea, Mike! In fact, if you start downloading with your 28k modem right now, you'll be just in time to download this winter's Christmas strips! Okay, that's not true. The truth is that Rockwood, unlike a lot of other sites, is designed so that even those of you with slow connections can enjoy Rockwood without cursing at it. We happen to think that's important. After all, just because you're unable or unwilling to shell out the bucks for a DSL or cable connection, that shouldn't be a reason for you to not surf Rockwood on a daily basis, right?
		June 16, 2003 Hey, cool! Congratulations on the black belt! How long did it take? --Christina
		From here on, Team Rockwood will take a little break this week while we let Brian answer all the questions himself. First of all, thanks to everyone who bothered to write in. It's good to hear from you all about this. As far as length of time, I started taking taekwondo in January of 1995. Admittedly during some (ahem... a lot) of this time, my work ethic has been less than exemplary, but there's a lot to be said for just continually going to class and doing what your instructor tells you to do. This goes for school as well as martial arts. Having done some teaching myself, I can't tell you how many times I would ask a student to do something well within his capabilities and he would fail simply because he wouldn't try. You can learn a lot just by trusting someone who knows more than you. That said, the last six months have been very stressful, and I've put off a lot of other things so I could focus on the belt test. But now that it's over, it feels great, and my hands are now lethal weapons. Or at least, the one that I didn't break on that paving stone is.
		June 16, 2003 Congrats on the black belt. I hope this doesn't mean that Rockwood will start putting the moves on Skip. --Will Hettchen
		That's doubtful, it's not like Skip is being threatened by the Cobra Kai up there on the space station. And just getting a martial arts title doesn't make you evil. It's money that does that.
		June 16, 2003 ... oops... you mean me? Yessir... I'll retract any perceived criticism... and I'll just run over to the corner and cower while you threaten me with those great black belt moves... --James
		Oh, James, there's no need to worry about lil' ol' me. You can criticize me if you see fit. Having a black belt just means I have Fists of Fury, not that I'm going to use fear to keep the locals in line. If that was true, my picture would look a lot more like this.
		June 16, 2003 LoL...I like the blackbelt thing. Say it, Brian... "I know kung-fu." You know you want to. --The Raven's Mirror
		Ha! That's where you're wrong, TRM. I have no wish to offend people who actually practice Kung Fu by claiming that I know how to do it. However, I do feel like singing...
		June 16, 2003 Congrats on the belt! And keep up the good work on the comic. I love it! --AmyO
		Thanks, AmyO, and thanks to everyone else, too. Just so you'll all know, when I said I've been putting off a lot of things to take this test, many of those things had to do with Rockwood and this site. Now that I have some free time, expect to see some changes around here in the following months. Thanks again for sticking with me!
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