@erics: Yeah, but after you get through life, then what?

I started over at the end of January with all new characters, too, but I didn't completely delete my old ones; I backed them up first in case I ever wanted to play them again.
Real Life: Cleaned the house a bit, took care of some medical bills/insurance screw-ups over the phone all morning--gave me a headache and made my stomach hurt... You know, if I tried to double charge (me and the insurance company) plus charge for services not rendered, I'd be in jail...
Then I decided enough was too much and played:
Diablo II LOD! Started a new character, an Assassin named JackKnife. Mainly concentrating on the 2 trees that are NOT traps, with the exception of Blade Sentinal. Pretty fun so far (8th level) with Blade Sentinal/Dragon Talon and a Damage Goes to Mana shield; and on the switch weapons: Dragon Claw ans Tiger Strike.
Probably going to aim for Dragon Claw/Phoenix Strike while keeping Blade Sentinal/Dragon Talon on the switch. Also planning for a Shadow Master and a lot of the other Shadow Disciplines, too. Still early, though.
Jude