One day I may be able to say this right. This is a website. A virtual place where someone once thought that "Wouldn't it be nice to create a website where people can have fun...show off things they do and goof around all for free." So after making it happen the world catches on.It is real boring having just a website where you display works and only get to check how many people have taken a look by a counter only. We all like to be seen here. We all, in some ways wish to have an image in the Hot20. I bet that no one can honestly say that it hasn't been a pleasure.From the amount of members I have talked to here that is a fact. Some of the members choose to be part of the Market place to make a few dollars. Others pay to upload 3 images. Then there are those who use it as a place to meet people and share creativity. What more can you ask for when it is free. Our photography section is almost like a family for some. Many of us have really good times goofing around here. How come it gets so tense then? A lot of members get much excitement out of seeing images from different places and through the eyes of people around the world and want to express it. I will never stop people from being nice. No I don't like saying VOTE when I comment, but if I really enjoyed the image I will press the button in silence,because the funtion is there and it made me feel good doing it. So come on everyone...remember...it is only a website and if by some chance there was a huge power failure, it would just go off. That's it. Each and every one of you who I see around here have put a smile on my face at one point, and I kind of cherish that.So taking all this other stuff too seriously is just a wasted emotion. I am sure most have read the book, Don't sweat the small stuff.It's all small stuff. ----------------------- Now on a lighter note...I heard somewhere that the greenhouse effect is getting worse by methane gas from cow manure.Geeez we are having an election coming up here in Canada....get out the sunscreen.

"The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions."