back to blogging, mostly

July was a scorcher of a month, and sadly, my computer couldn't really take the heat. It had a little melt-down, poor thing, so I was forced to blog via satellite. At the Brooklyn Public Library (30 minute limit, Dell flat screen, very nice computer but noisy with all those kids on summer vacation), at my downstair's neighbors (another Dell, 15" monitor, nice action on the keyboard, very