This morning I had 29 emails in my regular account's inbox. Out of those only 12 were good; the rest were spam. About par for the course. All the regular junk: viagra, sex, investments, enlargment of certain body parts, etc. etc.

I didn't realize there were so many lonely housewives out there in the world. ;-(

http://www.arborwood.com/Photo_Week/thisweek.cgi

You know they're amateurs, because one of mine was accepted months ago, and should be showing up soon.

You can judge for yourself how good they are. (Some are fantastic.)

Are you feeling lightheaded? Here's a tip from RealAge.com: cross your legs and squeeze. No joke, they say it works. Check out their explanation.

Exactly 20 years ago today, one Scott Fahlman must have had a crick in his neck when he typed two little characters on the then-unknown Internet.

:)

The IBM researcher made the Internet smile on 19 September 1982 in an online message. Things have never been the same since.

Now we have winks, frowns, tongues, an entire smiley language.

Moral of the story: careful what you do -- you may change the world without thinking.

Correction: you WILL change the world. The question is, in what way will you do it?

move to Shanghai and wear your pijamas around town. It's the normal thing there, says this AP report.

And if you sleep in the buff?