No, I didn't quit Xanga.

This is just an entry to keep "the Xanga team" calm, so they don't think I have abandoned them. I mainly have Xanga to keep up with postings of my family. My blogging, if I do it, is at the church website. So, yes, I am still here, dear Xanga team. Thanks for asking.

Mrs. Simon

For the enjoyment of the public who must see: Mrs. Simon (first name not yet known, but suggestions have been Millicent, Nomis, and Smudge, among others), obliging Dad by DNT.

I will now take camera in hand and try to get a better picture of her.
Here are a couple quick poses:

Incidentally, the goldfish I once had did not last long, but I did get a ten-gallon aquarium, which I might put pictures of on here some day if I feel the motivation.

Just a thought for the consideration of some precious people who mean a lot to me:

When you go to a website, or run a google search on a topic, just to see what it brings up, how similar to–or different from–a chinese fortune cookie, or getting a fortune told at the fair is that? How immune are you to being affected by what comes up? What about the others who know you who might do the same thing following your example, who may not be as careful or capable not to be affected by it? I think I have an honest concern here, and these are things that can prompt me to take actions that aren't necessarily popular when I take them. I would just plead with those who are more responsible to spend a little more time thinking about what the implications are, and what the consequences might be for others, not only for yourselves. We do not need a new idea for how to get connected with whatever the world (or the devil) might want to dish out to us from the internet. Don't tempt me to think more longingly than I already do of the good old days of QFT before the internet games and Xanga!