Folks, the internet connection is up and live, but I must soon wend my weary way to bed.

A comment: having spent portions of the evening reading other peoples' blogs - I realized that I REALLY don't have this picture thing down.  On the other hand, I don't have a camera and I don't want to risk surfing the web for pictures (talk about a potentially massive waste of time).  So, for all you folks out there who do make good use of pictures - thanks!  I am amused and inspired and too lazy to do anything about it, except make sure that I check back regularly.

Thor