Gentlemen,
Thanks for the kind welcomes, Merci, Gracias, etc (don't know the Chinese for thank you). I got my avatar to work finally, pshew!, but AdriansCamaro it is not my Lieutenant Count Alejandro Montoya one, but my John the Revelator one (John Brown, scary abolitionist, perhaps coolest and most interesting American). You will be able to see the Montoya avatar when I post a 100,000 score and Neilo makes me an ambassador. I'll try to get it done this weekend, because he is indeed a handsome, roguish devil!
Also, Neilo, I think you have to unlock the throneroom door for me, or give me a key or something. I've been knocking but no one lets me in!