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You can always tell me. Do you have my email address? Let me know if you let Facebook have access to your address book or not. If you do, I have an anonymous email address and if you do not, then I have a more personal email address for you.

As you know I love those pictures!!!

Tonight. I had to charge my camera battery. The battery should be fully charged shortly. Usually I have a second battery, but for some reason, I have misplaced it. It always has a home in my camera bag, so I am at a loss as to where it disappeared to.

Finally... it took forever for me to get my pictures uploaded. After I select a few, they should be up in my topic later today. Hurray!

I didn't just like them, I loved them!!! What program do you use to create your art?

*tosses Topazia The Platinum Moon Award for artwork excellence* YESSSSSSSSS!!! I love those pictures. Thank you for posting them. You not only have a talent to write, but you have additional talent in the art form. Fantastic!!!

STELLAR!!!!!!!!!!! *runs over to search for the pictures*

Just something to tuck away. FedEx also has a very large and well-paid group of psychologists, should you ever decide to go back to that field.

Another post of great news!!!! *waves to Sean*

This is great news!!! *crosses paws*

Lots to report, I was unable to access my computer due to a blonde disease... *cough, cough* I could not remember the log-in for my laptop. The super-uber expensive app I got for my iPhone that allows you to access your computer from anywhere in the world is wonderful... just as long as you can remember your computer system's log in. And, due to the fact that I have not had to use that in over one hundred million years, I could not remember the log in name. This is after I had some computer geek do some work on my computer and after paying him, I had to go back and rechange everything he did, the one thing I forgot to do was change my user name back to what I originally used. For some reason he did not like it. The reason I had called him in the first place was to access the depths of my hard-drive for data that I had deleted. Well, he could not do that, but decided that he did not like that way I had set up my laptop, and decided to redo everything. AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH! So, I spend two hours after he left, restoring my laptop to exactly how I had it originally, but for some reason, I forgot to change back my log in username and now I can not remember it. So... I will be posting a brief poorly written account of my adventures along with pictures. Those are going be downloaded as soon as I finish my posts.

Tonight I am going to begin a little adventure... I am heading to London for a Comic Con. The author and illustrator of The Mouse Guard, David Petersen, will be at this convention and I would like to attend and perhaps pick up a commission. The show time for the flight is at 02H00 with a 04H00 departure from Memphis Internation Airport. There will be ongoing updates so you can follow along with my trip.

Those ideas are sometimes so hard to come by.

I was sorry to hear about the people who lost their lives in the avalanche, but was very impressed with the woman who was saved by wearing a jacket with an air bag. What an incredible idea for those people who are out in the snow. I had never heard about these type jackets before.

Fill us in... what has been happening with you???

*watches a tumbleweed roll across the screen*

*wakes up from a nap* Hello Topazia... how's life treating you? I have been doing home projects. My vocabulary is increasing with every stupid piece of plastic that is used in plumbing. After a few years it ends up falling apart and it will not come off whatever it is that you are trying to remove it from. For example, the spray hose that is part of the kitchen sink started leaking. AND, we are having a little rodent problem. Something, and it's baby or babies, come to the kitchen and leave a couple poops in the left hand sink. So, I started searching for the opening where the rodent might be entering. I pulled out the refrigerator, the stove and attempted to pull out the dishwasher. Anyway, once these were out, I had to vacuum and wash the floor before putting it back. Not finding any holes, I moved to under the sink. While I was there, I decided to change out the spray hose. Well, this blossomed into buying a new faucet and changing everything. Anyway, now I have a new kitchen faucet, spray hose and I still have not found out the location where the rodents are entering the kitchen. Perhaps a motion activated camera will help.

Please start saving a little bit for when you are on your own and need some cash for that 'extra' expense that you had not planned for. It might make you take a bit longer to be on your own, but at least you will have some cash should an unexpected emergency arise. Also, I would look at FedEx for a part-time job. Not only do they have medical, dental and vision insurance, there is a college tuition insurance rebate that will help with your school. Even though your parents may be paying for your education, $2000 to $3000 would be very nice for them to get back. This will help with your independence.

Good news that you are having a positive effect on him. At least whatever happen with you both, he will have grown somewhat and should be able to carry this forward. Is it permanent, I cannot say, but let us at least be hopeful. It is very good that he encourages you to focus on your studies.

My exercise consists of filling my pouches with food and heading for my house. Seriously, lately my exercise consists of picking up my coffee cup to take a sip. My left arm has had quite a workout lately.

Today I got this brilliant idea of walking/jogging to the gym and getting a ride back. Well, it is only seven miles there, and I did not jog the entire way, but now at 18H15 I am ready for bed. Perhaps I need to accomplish this more often.

My thoughts exactly, and I am familiar with snow. Not Alaskan snow, but snow in the lower forty-eight. So, I can only imagine what heavy snow and blizzard snow must be like. A white-out perhaps?

Here are a couple photographs of Anchorage, Alaska before we departed for Taipei, Taiwan. Getting ready to de-ice. And they call this "light" snow.

Two hundred one and climbing.

One hundred and seventy-two at the moment.