I am sorry to say that I will cease (temporarily or permanently) to update my blog here on blogger.com. It has served me well, and I am very happy with it.

I am moving to www.xanga.com which my brothers and some other friends told me about. I opened an account there with apprehension but I quickly found that uploading pictures onto the site was much easier than the system I used here on blogger. Therefore, I will continue what little web journalling I do there.

Should anyone wish to visit it or create a link to it, my personal site is at www.xanga.com/arkalion.

As a final tidbit, Arkalion is the elvish name I received when I used the Lord of the Rings Name Generator at www.barrowdowns.com. I kept it as handy username or id since "joe" is always already taken, as well as every other possible variation on it. I'm a little creatively-challenged when it comes to making nicknames so any sugestions would be appreciated.

So this is, at least for now, goodbye.

Adios patria adorada
Region del sol querida
Perla del mar de oriente
Nuestro perdido eden

Wow...I memorized that thing 6 years ago, and it's still there.