@ Shane,

It was a gift from a sculpture professor of mine, along with Carrara 5, poser 6, and shade ... never got into shade though. Funny thing is he's an AutoCad guy but seemed to have a penchant for software he would never use. Up to that point I had only ever played around with poser 3 I think it was. I was totally hooked when I realized that I could sculpt things with these apps and then render. Played around with that software for a couple of years and then moved from california to the east coast. Kind of fell out of interest but now my interest is renewed as I don't readily have a means of doing ceramic work. Hoping to make some nice things and become a productive member of the community, Unfortunately my income doesn't allow alot of non-essential items in my life right now so I've got to make do with what I've got. Carrara 8 and poser 7 are the only new toys I've been able to afford, although I've been looking to upgrade to ZBrush 3. I deliberately purchased an older mac so that I could run my software collection  (specifically Photoshop CS). Hows that for a story?

Thanks for the info on my questions, Shane... You've set my mind at rest on that.

Oh, and the figure your working on is coming along brilliantly, You've got some serious sculpting chops there, man.

Addendum... Extruding in ZBrush now, huh?