Welcome, Joe.

There are some damn good 2GNTers in Texas. So good that there are times I think about moving there myself. (God help you all if I do.) There are power stages up on the home page under one of the tabs and if you keep an eye out, they have all been recently rewritten with a great deal of new information and should be up soon. I bet it helps a lot. I wrote it with the intentions of helping a newbie get his feet wet and then move all the way to the top of the game. If you want, drop me a PM with your email address and I could send it to you beforehand. It's about 10,000 words, but you'd be surprised how easy it is to read. ;)

You'll find this community second to none. Show some common sense and respect and you'll go far, here.