Stopping the Sloth--Maybe

Today, I was outside a little after 5PM. It was a little more brisk than it has been for a while and the Sun was sooner than I remembered it hiding behind the trees in front of the house. That means only one thing: Fall is upon us. Autumnal colour and then grey will soon be here. I'm going to miss the foliage and the dramatic change that Fall brings when I am LSE. I was talking with a friend of mine who goes to NYU about missing the Fall and he said I will have it in Britain. I told him he was right, but seeing it happen in your old stomping grounds is something very different. He assented and said he felt the same thing (of missing Fall unfold) when he was in The City and not back home in Jersey.

So what does this have to do with anything? Yes, I realized Summer is over and I better get moving on my blog or everything will think I post nothing. And then they won't read it when I do write when I am across the Pond. Or I might get even more inertia and not write when I get there. So I'll write and entertain you and maybe if I am lucky I will entertain myself. Or maybe the luck is in entertaining you. Either way, hopefully this blog will be of some interest.

Last night, a shipment from some sketchy online retailer arrived and what did it have, but 2 ultra-cheapo webcams for me and my parental units. Considering they were under $20 they are really good and even the luddites that my parents are were able to Skype without any problem! I was afraid I would have to write out directions or something pain-in-the-arse like that. So yes, I have Skype. You know my name, look me up and I'll add you. If you facebook message or Gmail me in advance, I can work out something so we can talk and the 6 hour time difference can be mitigated. So do Skype: everybody's doing it (As my mom noted, "Skype" sounds like some horrible disease)

I would write everything down right now, but then I would have nothing to write for the future and nothing to entice you back. Oh yeah here is a cliffhanger: why "Modest Hyperbole"?