I wanted to add another image but the uploader screwed up. Whenever I click the "Click to add an image" button, I get the top of the MyBloggers page rather than the browser to upload an image. Sigh... oh well! (Eddie- this needs fixing.) The image is of a boat ramp along the Tampa-St. Petersburg Causeway.

The conference was ok. I am glad it is over. It was no so much fun this year, but fun is often a state of mind.

So much is going on in Florida and around the world. Brazil has finally stood up to YouTube over that anti-Muslim video. It must be taken down or YouTube has to make it inaccessible to viewers in Brazil or pay fines of $5000 a day. The video violates Brazilian laws. So far, the video is indirectly responsible for over 50 deaths and disrupted business for banks, FedEx, etc., and other companies that do business overseas. The deaths are an outrage. I think human lives are far more important than the right to insult others and free speech. Free speech has limits. For example, one cannot threaten to kill or harm others without consequences.

The video serves no purpose other than to insult and incite people's fury. What if Muslims made a movie that characterized Mary the mother of Christ as a slut, especially as she was admittedly an "unwed mother"? Millions of Christians would interpret that as blasphemy. I am starting to get really sensitive to insulting others based on race, religion, sexual preference, etc.