All these wonderful pictures are sure sucking bandwidth and slowing down time for the pages to unfurl here. So some idle points:

• the internet needs to take on more nautical references. Pages should unfurl. Pages should not be created but made ready. Further suggestions can be made for the use of "to batten" and "mimsy";
• Michael Owen of Liverpool is now being connected to a trade to Real Madrid. Soon 97% of all soccer players in the world will play for Real Madrid;
• This is the most August of Augusts in terms of dead news. Sure the Iraq situation is spinning a bit (tighten up the mizzen, I'd say) and the opportunity to watch George Bush try to talk for 30 minutes will soon be upon us, but it sure is quiet out there;
• I am wondering where to travel next. Ohio is beckoning if only because of their flag. It must look pretty snazzy when they festoon the boulevard - ummm...trim the yard arm I mean...with the state flag and the stars and stripes.