Well as to complaints that the blog is difficult to access... the pictures are to blame since they are linked from multiple other sites. I have cut down the pics on the sidebars so it should load faster now. However, this does mean that Alan's power is seriously diminished.

Posting personal photos on the blog is a problem as you have to do 2 things. First find a place on the net to host your photo, then link the photo here. I have not found any photo hosting sites that allows you to link the photo here. What you could do is to put your photo in Yahoo! Photos or something equivalent, set it to be viewed by everyone, and post the web address here.

A matrix within a matrix... a control within a control... interesting concept Carren, may very well be what it is after all. That sounds like the thinking process of a machine to me...

And Carren is looking for volunteers to try out a Japanese delicacy that she is preparing. Interested please post...

Tony... mail snatches by monkeys... what an interesting place you live in.