Rory Primrose

Thanks Rory

That's great praise indeed considering I wrote it at midnight last night after WAY too little sleep during the week. I'm amazed I managed any kind of punctuation at all! I suspect that Micah will help you to understand the psychedelic effects of sleep deprivation... (Great picture, BTW)

I guess the message I forgot to add at the end is that a pattern is not just a building block - it's guidance that helps you decide whether you need to employ a singleton. We all tend to absorb the design aspects of patterns, and forget the deciding factors that suggest whether it's a good idea or not.

Andrew