Seventeen days since my last. My how time flies. I complimented a picture and panic erupted. So I tried to clarify by making a second compliment and that only made things worse. Soo then a Mod deleted my compliments which leaves it looking like I may have made some disparaging remark. So, for the record, I said Jack is cute. Somehow that caused a panic. :idunno: On the brighter side of things, Congress is about to default. I think the Republicans have finally found a way to return the house to Democratic control in 2014. Somehow I doubt this is a good thing. TOL seems to have calmed down quite a bit after the latest adjustments by Knight. My compliments to Knight. I watched the Lone Ranger movie recently. The one with Johnny Depp. It starts off kind of slowly and was a bit boring at first. But then the combination of special effects and dry humor takes it to places seldom reached by Hollywood. I recommend it to anyone who has not seen it. Whoever wrote the role for the horse should win 5 stars. And the bird. Hurricane season has been very quiet in the Atlantic but wild in the western Pacific and elsewhere. I find the contrast puzzling. Is it the power of prayer? Meanwhile I find myself wondering just how much carbon dioxide can be pumped into the atmosphere before breathing becomes a problem. Evidently quite a bit. But surely at some point it will affect life on this planet. Maybe some strange new life forms will evolve. I have 2 remaining children. Both daughters are in college. I worry about the world they are facing. Food, water, fuel and other basic necessities are strained. I think my generation and those that preceded us have done a miserable job. So, that's it for now. Nothing special. Life goes on.