Hah, yes sir.
You in Austin I presume?
You know, this mouse pad pissed me off I just threw it out of my office.
I have a really nice L-shaped art table I got from IKEA. I wanted it because I'm tall and I really hate the standard height of desks (I can heighten this one to as tall as 5-1/2 feet and it's steel framed built so it takes the weight.
I'm using my mouse on it and it actually tracks VERY nice. It's a really nice wood top that's treated in very dark, almost black, coloring.
Hell I may not bother with a mouse pad now.