Peace, Freedom, and Justice
When a nation goes to war, the first casualty is, of course, Peace. The second is the Freedom of its citizens. And the third is Justice. Peace, Freedom, and Justice are so dear to us that I wonder why we give them up in order to make

Messing Arounf WIth Graphics
Last night, while awaiting my 4-pawed feline buddy to decide to come home from catting around outside, I played with a couple of graphics programs in an attempt to create a new header for Nick's Bytes. The result is now the header above.This morning I played with Corel Paint, the program that created the pic of me in the header. (The final version with the title I created with Print Master). I have never really messed around with Paint, so I did some experimenting. The results are below.Soooooo, give me your opinion: which do you like or dislike. Should I create a header using any of these to replace the graphic? Should I scrap the new he

Irritate!
You may not have wanted to be around me yesterday (Tuesday). I was, uh, irritable. Yeah, me! Perhaps you may not have noticed my mood: I smiled, made pleasant and even humorous statements. I may have seemed like good ole' Charlie Brow...., a mean, jolly Sometimes Saintly Nick. However, below that exterior I felt provoked unto aggravation! Or something like that.

Too Bad It's Monday Jokes & Humor
In the spring of 2005, shortly after I began blogging, I began posting the jokes I had received in my previous week’s email under the title Too Bad It’s Monday (T.B.I.M.) as the reverse of T.G.I.F. (Thank God It’s Friday). So again I am going to share w

A Very Small World: SSG Amy S. Krueger in Memorium
Earlier this afternoon I learned that SSG Amy S. Krueger was the great-niece of United Church of Christ pastor, the Rev. John