It took me a while to even realize I was banned to the newbie forums.  I have been a member since May 17th and am a frequent lurker.  I have mined about 20 bitcoins so far (just letting my home machine run on a pool at night and while I am at work during the day with 1 video card).  I sold a few on MtGox once, and have been looking into ways I can offer BTC purchases on a few of the small websites I run. Being stuck in the newb forums is kinda boring.