Just when I think I'm computer literate I try to design a blog. All I want to do is put a photo in the space to the right but I cannot figure out how to do it.

Low tech solution -- post the photo here.

But this is a good night for such foolishness. Hurricane/Tropical Storm Sandy is tearing up the East Coast. I'm sitting here high and dry on the Great Plains. I'll post a photo here and quit messing around for tonight.

First I'll check the Weather Channel's live streaming, and then I'll read a few pages in a book before tucking in for the night.

An Irish Coffee would be nice right about now ...
Some say it’s a waste of good whiskey and good coffee. Maybe. But it’s the only thing I drink, and that seldom. I like the whipped cream on top. I like the conviviality, and a good memory it brings back.

Back in the day, a friend took me to the Buena Vista on Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. We were jammed in like sardines but the atmosphere was light and bright and everyone was a friend.

Irish Coffee. Don’t mind if I do