... i really don't think it's necessary

... to worry about some things as much as i do. in truth, i probably bring more than my share of stress and anguish on myself. i get to fly to boston next week for a business conference and series of seminars. did i mention i hate to fly? yup. large amounts of disdain for the friendly skys. now.. don't get me wrong; there's something magical about being herded like sheep, treated like crap, being forced to eat food processed bricks (if yer lucky!) and having a 4-year old kicking the back of your chair for 6.5 hours as you pray to any of jack's reiki spirits of peace and divine intervention to soothe my soul so i don't snap and start throwing peanuts into the 'no legume' section.

to make things sillier, (while i've not played with it since i bought my latest PC,) my portable duel-processor, 2gb memory-holding, 120gb hard drive steaming badboy of a laptop has a video camera built riiiiiight into the top of the monitor. i thought to myself..., "wow, wouldn't it be great if i could reach out thru cyberspace and talk "live" to my wife? to friends, etc?" those suggestions always sound sooooo good at first. it works great, but it naturally choppy online and makes for a helluva "even scarier looking me." i figure that overall, i'm prolly doing society a favor by not having anything of me broadcasted in video stream anywhere... *snerk*

at least it can still take a mean photo. if the light's right. hell, even if it's not. 'course the catch is you have to keep an eye on the mouse to click the "take pic" icon. this is just as bad as a timer on a standard camera. remember those? well, this is why professional photographers exist, so you don't end up with sh*t like this up above.... tee hee.

so, i'll try to post next week. if not, that means i'm in some ghetto hotel with no connectivity. back on friday tho.... i'll miss ya all.. and please still feel free to drop me a line. cheers.