My Web Site Is SAVED! For a year. One of it's fans sprang for it. Which is good because I couldn't see me convincing the food stamp authorities that I should get foodstamps because I had to pay $170 for  a personal  website this month. I thought it was all over. I mean, this site isn't worth $7. But now it can be! I can make my images smaller and get rid of all the junk, such as the "This site was built with Homestead free WebHosting" banners.I can get my short stories on here like I planned to do with my year on interferon in the first place. I feel so much better. I lost 3 years' worth of scanned photos, articles, objects, and etc. plus 3 years worth of computer art , creative writing. etc. when my hard drive emptied  its butt in July. That was really devestating as there were photos lent from and returned to now deceased relatives on there and so on.  But--I had everything I'd uploaded to this web site still--alll I had to do was right-click and save! It was infinitely helpful, although not to adding to this site, except in that I can re-upload smaller versions of each picture. But at least 55 pictures of mine online here cannot be stolen back by me. (What are you doing?" I said to my 7-year -old last night as she cranked away at my computer. "Taking pictures," said she. Whole new meaning to the phrase--she was busily grabbing gigabytes of Sailor Moon pics off the zillion S.M. fan sites) --I can't right-click and save any photos I uploaded to Homestead photo Albums or as Java applets . I am happy because I like working in Homestead, they are fun and I can use them blindfolded. brain-damaged. They don't allow you to move your site to another host, so if you leave them, your site is history. I had no choice. And I checked out other site builders and I don't like them and their CGI bins and all that dry nonesense when Homestead 's way works so well. I'm glad to be here, getting to play in Homestead. I look forward to their new features that come with my upgrade, hoping some are really cool.I don't like their lack of integrity  but I like their product. So thank you, visitor, for stepping in so quickly. I promise to revamp and oh yeah get your name out of here like you paid for. THIS MONTH'S SUBJECTS Meals on Wheels--really Alpo? Cutting People You Insure Off Interferon Suddenly With A Straight Face 80 Things Wrong With One Back The Appropriateness of This Background Contest Ok Sharp Guys! Except my one Independant film email buddy,you can't enter this: Prize: a real memento from my collection, autographed electronically. Rules: One paragraph on why this background may be here. It is from an Iranian movie called The Red Cherry. The flick is an eerie thing, as this fellow drives around in Iran and we see the lunar-like landscape and industrial ugliness. His goal is why he's here--he was up to something-- I was losing my web site--- What's the connection? I am so glad for something to do besides sit still when I feel this ill. I can't write-- I can't read my own handwriting. Typing stuff for hours into a computer that's crashed 4 times is for dummies. All I could do was sleep. I'd be asleep now but my meals On Wheels is late and I got to stay up for it . Low oxygen levels in blood---