I do this all the time. There is a group of online friends who feed each other questions and answers all day, and often, in the course of writing the e-mail I intend to send to them, to ask the question that’s been plaguing me, I sometimes figure out what I need to do. In an effort to not being like the handful of annoying people who dump questions without giving all the background, I research the background just a bit, and find myself answering my own question. I never thought about doing this consciously before, but now I might give it a try. P. S. love the blog. thanks.