And story crack that's taken seriously, blown up into a whole enormous story that somehow totally makes sense (Discword, anyone? Good Omens?) can be the best thing in the entire world. :D

Ooooh, good point! There are some lovely series that are basically crack premises built into whole worlds, and as long as everything keeps going it's a crazy Rube Goldberg machine of fun. :)

I'm glad to hear your work with Adobe is going well! I really struggle with some of their products, they're SO Byzantine. I know they're powerful and can do a lot, but that's exactly why they're so hard to understand...