[wallflower]

> And then I start thinking about all the other hobbies I could be pursuing.

The feeling you get from taking pieces of raw lumber, shaping them, planing them, joining them (and yes shimming them), eventually turning the wood into something with form and function, through problem solving and love.

The feeling you get from seeing someone like and enjoy a piece of furniture you built as a gift.

Come to think of it, I think hobbies are about pursuing personal feelings. Not about the actual doing.

Even though, I've temporarily put woodworking on the back burner, I'm glad to see fellow woodworkers (coming-out-of cliche deleted). I still gawk at Woodcraft products. I still inspect the craftsmanship/joints of strangers' furniture (http://www.woodcraft.com/)

[mechanical_fish]

Oh, I may not resist the siren song of Norm Abram forever. We're just haggling over the price here. ;)