I want to welcome McAvoy Layne to the Mark Twain Forum. McAvoy is the talented actor who portrayed Mark Twain in the Discovery Channel's "Great Books: Huckleberry Finn" program. McAvoy also delivered an address in August at "The State of Mark Twain Studies Conference" in Elmira. This was part of the session which was recorded by C-SPAN to be broadcast some time this autumn. (Broadcast date will be announced on the Forum as soon as C- SPAN lists it on their schedule.) Please visit the Mark Twain Forum Photo Gallery to view a color portrait of McAvoy Layne as Mark Twain. There is also a link to Layne's home page which includes a schedule of upcoming performances and an informative article about the actor by David W. Toll, which appeared in _Nevada_ magazine in 1995. (Layne's portrait was featured on the cover of that issue.) To visit the photo gallery, point your browser to: http://web.mit.edu/linguistics/www/forum/gifs.html I also want to remind members that all are welcome to post a photo in the Photo Gallery. Please contact me or Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> if you are interested. (Photos of members wearing Mark Twain Forum T-shirts are shamelessly encouraged.) -- Kevin Bochynski <[log in to unmask]>