Heh, well it is an old picture, I'll see if I can't get a better one made. I didn't join IT for my looks though so hopefully it doesn't stand in the way of your enjoyment of the content.

No, it doesn't. I was just kidding. It was the first thing that caught my eye. No worries, it seems the white-knight brigade is out to defend your honor though.

I thought it was pretty obvious that you were just kidding, but it's the sort of comment that is hard to interpret correctly, and anyone who missed the jovial tone would have thought it was pretty mean.