The 1 dot rule.

Found this optimization tip interesting. 
Makes sense!
http://upshots.org/actionscript/20-tips-to-optimize-your-actionscript#comment-5876

Also, 
guess I should include photos of progress while I am here.
Been posting most of my dev notes as personal private comments into my facebook status.
But now that I am blocking facebook to keep me on track... Well... 
Haven't been doing thatas much.