Life is such a sweet insanity.

I've made a discovery while surfing the internet here. It's a new program I've found for Windows XP to dress it up a little bit - it's called "StyleXP". You can google to find it. It's a little plug-in that allows desktop themes to exploit the built-in "skinning" capabilities of Windows XP. Microsoft put this wonderful functionality in their newest incarnation of Windows, but they haven't really done much with it. I mean all we get is the "Windows XP" theme with three color choices. What fun is that? With StyleXP, you can download tons of 'visual styles' for Windows XP and you can really add some flair to your desktop. If you have Windows XP, it's worth the $19.95 shareware fee after 30 day trial to try out StyleXP. Too bad I don't get a free copy for this shameless plug. :)

If you've been watching the webcam page the past couple of days you may have noticed the workcam hiccupping a little bit. I had jumped into a Linux experiment again. Alas, but since all the servers and other workstations at work are Microsoft based, and because I use an ancient DOS-based billing program that refuses to run on anything but the MS-DOS flavor of DOS, I had to stick with windows. I hope to get the cam working again tomorrow morning. You can see how my beard is coming along. It grows slowly, so I start my winter beard the first of September. Actually, I cheated this year and started Aug. 25. :)

I've mentioned before about my obsession with "Bewitched". Well, for some reason last night I had a wonderful dream about meeting Agnes Moorehead. Surprisingly, she patted me on the hand in the dream and told me to continue life with the flair I know so well. Just be yourself. Now what the heck is that all about. The dream seemed so very, very real, and I woke up this morning with such a surprising feeling of peace and calm. (Too bad it didn't last through the workday!) Maybe someone on the other side had Agnes tell me something that I haven't come to terms with yet. I guess I'll have to meditate on it some more and go from there. Surprisingly, as I type this, I can remember the dream so vividly and I find myself smiling. I often remember my dreams, but they fade away as the morning churns on. I'm kind of surprised that this one has stayed with me.

Earl has to take the car to work tomorrow, so I've volunteered to ride my bike to work. It's been quite a while since I've ridden to work, mainly because I don't enjoy the ride home with all the traffic and such, but it's going to be a gorgeous day, and who knows, with it being Sept. 6 tomorrow (already!) it may be one of the last chances I get before a famous Central N.Y. pre-winter cold spell blows in. I hope to ride on Saturday as well, I'm thinking of going on a nice long trek.