Hah! This is true. I know alot that avoid it cause they dont' know how to do it and it's a shame. May I suggest http://www.posemaniacs.com/ Posemaniacs. If you wish to do foreshortening and get it accurate, this would be a good way to learn http://www.posemaniacs.com/archives/161 This pose may be beneficial to this picture. Maybe others too
I actually love them and use them sometimes. I just have a bad habit of not using references enough. D: But I really like their references when I do, hurr.
Me too >.> I should use references more often considering how screwed up my eyes are. My heads are starting to get miss-shapen again >.< The joys of drawing when you're half blind >.<