Joe,
I've been frustrated for awhile with many failed attempts to get into Sketchup. I confess, having been an English major in college, and working with words throughout my career as a lawyer, math, technical drawings, angles, and planes (the kind that do not fly), have always been a challenge.
Your beginner Sketchup video series (I found on blip.com) has been an absolutely terrific find. For the first time, someone took the time to give detailed, step-by-step instructions that make sense. Thank you so very much. I recommend your videos without reservation, and hope that more folk will find and make use of them. You have done those of us who struggle with drawing a great service. (This is true, even though you are clearly a Yankee; it's fun to listen to a northerner pronounce only one of the two "r's" in "drawer".)
Again, thanks so much.
John