yeah it is daunting but I have been locating Tutorials en masse to fix that problem

I am having a hardertime than I though locating Blender... what is the full name?

EDIT: Nevermind I found it now I shall begin to create!!!

Thank you both! Punk I know that great feeling you had with the cube I had a similar feeling the first time I figured out what the hell layers were in photoshop and when I did it made the way I was doing things before obsolete and I was able to do things beyond what i thought was possible. Then when I clicked on the layer properties and learned how to add stroke, change hue and color, add texture... it was incredible and at the same time I felt incredibly stupid at not knowing about it for the 2 years I was using Photoshop like drawng a masterpiece with a pen instead of a pencil... I was still incredibly successful which I been told was a testament to my eye for detaill, but I still felt stupid, lol. A friend of mine gave me something called 3DS Max but I have not installed it yet. First I will try the Blender and tinker with it.

So getting back to terms... when I see that thing that looks like a claymation doll I assume that is the 'modeling' aspect. And am I to understand that the rendering part is something the computer does more than something I do? Like I make a clay cube and the render applcation will allow me to input the parameters of what I want the cube to look like and it will do it? Am I wrong in thinking it works similar to the various 'filter' options in photoshop?

I guess with a little searching I could find some tutorials on how to use Blender as well right? Thanks again guys, and by all means keep chiming away I aim to absorb everything. Am I also right in assuming that the render if my analogy to a filter is correct, come with default renders but I can somehow upload more 'skins' or 'swatches' to use in the render process... or am i comeltely off, lol.

Oh and Danno I never though that some 2D things might not go over well in 3D, that bit of info may have just saved me a great deal of frustration if something comes out iffy... my very first object to try and model and render will be the Stargate itself... and then maybe.. boobies, lol.

Thanks to you all I have some demo downloading to do now!! Who knows maybe I'll become famous, and rich... or not. However no matter how successful I might become I will never, ever run like Bill Gates did... you have all seen the video clip, lol. Thanks again, this site and it's members are awesome!