Housekeeping!

Before I begin, a few housekeeping items you should know. I keep hearing about all these people who are checking out the site, and I'm both flattered, honored, and suffering from some nasty gas (performance anxiety - nervousness that performers get - comes in all forms. Makes you feel bad for the piano players who accompanied me on all those music school recitals). Anywho, here are some important things to know about the site:

• The homepage is going to show ONLY posts from the previous 7 days. Each post has a bunch of photos, and those take time to load up. Plus, when you factor in all my sarcasm, my BS, and my wit....well, we're talking about some serious bandwidth.
• For previous posts, visit the ARCHIVE. Currently, this blog archives by the month. Frankly, I think that stinks, and as soon as I can figure out the code to do it, I'll fix it. Of course, I said the same thing about that Dan Brown book, and I still don't see it. What was the riddle again? "The son of con of man?" "The con of sun?" I remember: "The con of the summer is the movie." Got it.
• Notice the left side of the page. To some, it's called the sidebar. To others, its called the bar on the side (it's a left-brain right-brain distinction). You'll notice several things: it has a blurb, a profile, and a picture, but more importantly, links to the previous posts and links to the archives. That's for you to navigate around. Feel free.
• CLICK THE PICTURES. This is a new feature that I'm trying to consistently maintain, because the blog site doesn't always get it right (that is textbook usage of a scapegoat, ladies and gentlemen). If you click the pictures, it SHOULD open a new window with a larger picture that is background-friendly. It should be a 1600x1200 picture.
• Final thing, a bit more serious. Has to do with privacy. If you don't want your photo or name on this website, PLEASE TELL ME. I can delete or edit anything. Seriously - just call me, tell me, or post a comment and I will get right on it. If I post your social security number, however, tough luck. Serves you right for giving it to me in the first place.

OK, OK!!! Back to real life! On Friday, my parents came up, along with my brother and his family. Saturday, Uncle Brian and Aunt Sue also joined us. So I'm pretty much set for the week with pictures! Here are pictures of just my parents (that would be Grammy and Grampy in babyspeak, which is all my parents speak now a days). More of my brother's family, as well as SueBrian (which, if you mix the letters, can spell "Sir Anube" or "Are in Bus") coming over the next day or two!