New Gallery Function

New gallery set-up for the trip and the future - it allows uploads of the full on HUGE pics and unlimited storage - no photoshopping things down to size before uploading to save on space. I've gotta say so far? I'm loving it - easy, inexpensive and looks good. I'm called www.myownboat.smugmug.com and there's also a link in the sidebar under Visual Logs.

Go take a peek, tell me what you think.

The Horror! The Joy!

Fact: it is unthinkable for me to travel without books. You should know this about yours truly at this juncture of our relationship.

Dilemna: equally unthinkable is to suggest for me to take 'a couple' and then 'rely' on 'finding' more... in fact, if you just even thought that in my direction, then get a butter knife and stab yourself. Repeatedly. On my horrified behalf.

Enter solution: my fabulouso 'new' MobilePro 780...


*click to biggie-size*...and his tiny cute little buddy the compact flash storage card!

Now I know that 32mb sounds like *no* storage space at'all these days but packed on that teensy-weensy card is now 13 (count 'em) thirteen novels.

With space left over for even more.

So far....


-Lemony Snicket Books One to Four.
-Abduction, by Robin Cook
-The Davinci Code, and Digital Fortress, by Dan Brown
-Eastern Standard Tribe and Down & Out In The Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
-Lord of Light and Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
-The Conquest of Fear by Basil King
-and last, but certainly not least, Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need

If you can wade through the Russian, quite a few of the 7200+ books are in English over here at Fiction Book, god bless their hearts.

Holy Mary Mother of GOD

Let me just take a brief moment to put forward my considered opinion that there is definitely a sort of sado-masochistic 'acquired taste' element to this leg waxing thing.

Within seconds, you're twisting slowly about on the floor in agony staring at the ingredients on the box by your face and thinking ... well, it's made from honey, fructose, vinegar, Blackstrap Molasses, Glucose, water and lemon juice for god's sake - maybe I can just use the rest of it as a dessert spread.

'nuff said.

let's have a lyric instead...

drop a heart, break a name
we're always sleeping in, and sleeping for the wrong team

we're going down, down in an earlier round
and Sugar, we're going down swinging