Thank heaven for idiot-proof hosts like Blog*Spot. Without them, this little project was going to wait as long as it took me to learn a bit of HTML. With them, I can launch this site and ease the suffering of my spam-beleaguered, patient and long-suffering friends who gamely review the articles and news items I forward to them throughout the week. Take heart, friends! I will be putting that stuff here. I will also, occasionally, put my own stuff here. It will take me a little while to get up to speed, so bear with me (or is that "bare with me"? No... no, please, don't...). Check back -- it will keep me on my toes!