Majestic Fox, Supersoup, I'll put you both down for Monday the 4th. Sorry for the delayed response--this week is shaping up to be a little nuts for me. (Just FYI, I always try to make a point of checking this thread Saturday or Sunday nights, but don't necessarily see submission requests right away if they're made day-of.)
Lots of people opt to just read and critique for a couple weeks before submitting themselves, but you don't have to. Officially, the rule is that you provide one critique for every submission, though lots of people do more than that (I usually try to critique all the stuff that comes out in any week I submit, for example), but basically, we just want to make sure that people who submit also participate reasonably in giving feedback.
That's the one. I actually started using the name before reading the books as the result of an inside joke between me and a couple other RE members, way back. Had to read the first Eddings book just to make sure I hadn't inadvertently named myself after someone utterly terrible.
I'm totally putting that last bit in my signature.