yeah, just call me marla :) that was why it was so disturbing when it happened. suddenly the pixels and colors on my screen were jumbled up (old style LCDs have a checkerboard two phase refresh pattern and because my eyes were jittering in the wrong direction, the image was sharp, but confused. then about 6 months later it started to get too blurry. the sweeteners kicked it off, but alcohol was what kept it declining. since i pretty much stopped drinking the last three months it's reverting. it's diabetic-type vision loss. i probably need to stop smoking too so more blood flows and they repair better. ugh.