Red Pine...
I'm pleased to find someone out their who remembers that I was the editor of Bonsai Magazine. I held that exhaulted position for about two years, before the BCI executive board decided to find someone who was more willing to "do it their way."
I don't know whether to apologize or congratulate you for becoming infected with the bonsai virus, but I apparently cannot deny that I had a hand in it. Since there is no known cure, I can only say that I am glad your here. Misery loves company and if you have a compulsion to cut the branches off of tiny defensless little trees, it is well that you hang around with others who enjoy the same activity. May we always show them better bonsai. See ya around!
Randy