:)

I just used an emoticon for the first time in my life (shame), and it was in the context of explaining to several hundred people why I didn't pay $400 for a composter:

"The NatureMill was outside my price range, so I really didn't look at it too closely :) It seems a bit involved, and requires a power source and an air filter, whereas mine is supposedly odorless because of the "beneficial microbial inoculant" you mix in with the compost."

Did I even do it right? Whatever, I also got to work in "beneficial microbial inoculant", so I guess I'll call it even.