I'm a big fan of the long sentence, and my betae continue to tell me that no one speaks with semi-colons. Hmmm... You can tell your betae they can come sit in on one of my meetings at work, and I can/will subject them to just about every particle of speech and punctuation there is, including the almighty semi-colon. *G*
It's good to see you again in the Games, even if it's for the wrong other team