sorry folks we seems to be expericing some technical difficulties

No, I have not fallen off the planet, been kidnapped by the Russian Mafia, or finally been institutionalized......My lack of posting is actually the result of a faulty PC.   It seems my USB ports have malfunctioned and are no longer "recognized" by windows.  This brings me to a conundrum to post sans pictures or not at all.  Let's face it folks we all look at blogs for the pictures.....well except for those really witty political/philosophical blogs (of which this is not).  So unless I am struck with some profound revelation which I must share with the world this blog will  temporarily be on holiday.   Let's hope I can resolve this problem quickly....I have so many cool things I want to share!