Brad:
> I don't have my periodic table with densities handy, but the umbrella
> could have a core of processed Plutonium, with a protective coating of
> lead electroplated onto it.

	I don't think just because an element is high on the periodic table
means it's heavy.  At any rate, rare element like Plutonium are so hard
to get most people would be more interested in its other properties,
like radioactivity, rather than its density.  Besides, having a
Plutonium core would make it radioactive, and that could prove to be
dangerous to the user as well as his enemies.

	I think it'd be better if you've Platinum or something as the core, and
since Platinum is almost immune to any chemical change (aqua regia
wouldn't dissolve it), perhaps that would fit the purpose better.  It's
also one of the most dense element known.

> (I'm staying away from the fantastic metals list, like Xentronium and
> such)
 
	Mithril and Adamantium are my favorites.  Xentronium just isn't that
interesting.

> "Champions of Virtue make me so HOT!"  -Akane

	Hmmm... that's an actual quote from the anime?  If it is, that just
proves how little Anime I know, though I think this sounds more like
from fanfiction.  FSR I don't like anime quotes, though I'm a library of
video game quotes.  I've made up a test, and from my preliminary
results, if you can name even half of them, you should be pretty proud.  

Don, the vault of inexhaustable supply of video game quotes
Akane's Dojo - http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/dwang/ad.htm
"No, it's just a coincidence... [pause]  Today, tomorrow, and forever!"
You should be proud if you can name this one.  No one (besides I, who
gave the quote) in TOWS got it right even though we've mutants who play
RPG 24 hours a day there.  I didn't think it was that hard, but...