"Christine" == Christine Wolfe cwdw01@earthlink.net writes:
Christine> For sure I'm going to start now - I don't see where it could ever hurt Christine> anything if I initialize twice.
It can, so I wouldn't conclude so quickly, or cargo-cult this one without some more research.
Behavior>>#new calls #initialize, so someone broke the chain between there and your classes of interest by overriding #new without respecting the existing protocol.