Doh!!! I guess I could have answered one of my questions. I somehow forgot that brad has multiple handles on the hip. 

I picked up Bloodsong's book on secrets of poser creation about 6 months ago. I haven't tried any rigging though mainly because of time restraints ( and rigging scares me time wise ) but I do want to learn how to rig eventually. Im still ( noobishly) learning how to model and UV map. Im getting pretty decent at it but I don't have the time to learn it all. I'll get there one day one baby step at a time.