Wow, time flies! I didn't mean to take a two week break from blogging. It just sort of happened, mostly because our internet went down, and is still very spotty.

I think it's our stone-age modem. To illustrate how old this modem is,

-- It's powered by little hamsters that run on its interior to keep it going.

-- It ticks loudly and has to be wound up at least once a day, like a grandfather clock.

-- We keep the parts lubricated with an oil can just like the one they used to keep the tin man moving in The Wizard of Oz.

-- It's made partly of asbestos.

-- It does double duty as a Betamax player.

-- It was never the same after Y2K.