something I am grateful for today

I was listening to Caribou by Pixies, for the first time in too many years, and my gosh it gave me chills the same way it did the first time I ever heard it [which, as it happens, was the first time I ever heard the band].

What a mysterious band. I mean, I can't think of a way to put my finger on what it is about them that makes them so good and so cool, and yet they undeniably are. So glad to have their sutff around.

songwriting genius

( wherein I talk about music like I know something about it, whereas in fact I am completely self-taught at only the most rudimentary punk-rock level )

cry for help with computer lettering for comics

I now have to letter my comics with a font instead of by hand. Carpal tunnel has made hand lettering too painful and hard to control. I notice that most of the instructions I see about computer lettering assume that you have Adobe Illustrator. The best graphics program I currently own is Paint Shop Pro 8.

Anyone out there actually use PSP for their lettering? Recommendations, hints, etc? Or should I have my head examined for even thinking about using something other than Illustrator for a job like this?