Political Rant of the Day - At this point I am generally curious why the media is spending so much time talking smack on Dan Rather for unintentionally misleading the public with forged documents when "W" and his gang intentionally misled the nation into a war that has cost 1,175  coalition deaths & created the largest budget deficit in American History?  *Sigh* Has the collective American IQ become so corrupted by years of intellectual sloth that it can't discern that this administration is not only incompetent, but dare I say, mallicious in its agenda? What ever happened to Osama? Frankly, I am stunned that this Administration isn't being impeached, let alone running for re-election. At this point our Country deserves the goverment it elects!

While I am working very hard on the new projects I am also working on the Freethought portion of the site. Freethought is my 2nd passion, and while it isn't directly Rick related I am hoping that visitors to the Funhouse will avail themselves of all the info and resources I will be including. To me ... this portion of the Funhouse will be my Gift to the RLS Community ... something that peeps can use to make real positive changes in their lives. 

Of course I'll have to do all of this while keeping an eye on Hurricane Ivan, (the Rat Bastard)! Oh well, if the world didn't suck sometimes I guess we would all fall off, huh?

In between this idiocy I have been working on some idiocy of my own. I may gain access to a screen cap program which will allow me to create some new screen caps from "Nick Knight". I have also been working on another project that has been knocking around my head for a long time. Graphics intensive so it may take awhile to put together.

Still can't get a handle on the RLS Community ... so many new peeps out there. Feel very much like an outsider these days. Being accepted back may be difficult. It's alot like starting completely over again. Being "out of the loop" makes it hard to get a handle on any subversive controversies ... and everyone knows those are the grist for the funniest bits ... LOL! Will keep my ear to the ground and see what happens.

Having returned to the RLS Community after a 2 year absence is strange, to say the least. While some old friends are still around it looks like alot of newbies have joined the Community. Had a little sting to the ego the other night when one chatter ask me if I had a website .... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh burn! Serves me right for being away so long ... neh? Funny ... in all the time was away I dutifully updated my pages to prevent Geocities from deleting them so I guess I always knew I would someday find my way back home.

Home seems to have changed a bit since the "before time in the long long ago". The old RLS Yahoo Group is gone, the Forum is in a different format and it seems that somewhere along the line there has been some kind of crackdown on posts deemed to be "negative". I have yet to get my head wrapped around exactly what "negative" means, but I know there are alot of people warning me that I should mind my posts and keep some of my more colorful opinions to myself. I was even warned by someone in Chat that I must "be careful". Hmmmmmm ... I wonder what that means?