Hmm, maybe Ric's browser had our avatar files saved and didn't download the new ones since they had the same file name. Or maybe he saw them and just decided to ignore them to flip the joke back around.
Ah, nice to have my old face back... my really old face too :) Couldn't even recognize myself, all day I have kept thinking, "Man, this guy with the stupid Ralph Brown avatar sure writes some awesome posts!" before I'd realize it was me.