Well, I wanted to do sumthin' special for my 500th post, since I let the 300th and 400th get by without noticing until too late. So I was leafing through my archives trying to find a pic that I hadn't posted yet... and I came across this pic:

Remember? Got quite a favorable reaction on
this thread even in its unfinished state.
Well...
(trying to create some suspense by making you scroll down)
...Tetsuko asks...
..."how you like me now?"

Still not sure it's "finished", but at least it's presentable!