I think you've rediscovered Teddy Bear Programming. The next stage in Zen for me was to be able to find those answers before starting the SoPW. I've now come full circle to a novice status in that when I start to ask a question, I nearly always finish and post it, but unlike the novice, I've already explained the problem to my virtual Teddy Bear, thus having eliminated those problems. I do find that my queries usually don't get as many answers, though :-)