Once again, you put things in perspective. I was feeling down about why so few upvotes of my posts and comments.
Now that I see the inherent problem with upvoting my own post when I post a new article, I will make sure that box is cleared and see what happens.
I see nothing wrong with voting your own posts, as long as you keep voting other posts as well. That's the real problem, keeping all the voting power to oneself. It's not like it's yours, anyway...