In that, it seems, technology itself is my nemesis. Which, given that this is a blog, is somewhat self-hating. Still.

It seems every time I open a new window I get a security warning which blocks all images. Not only that, but today I spent three hours listing this blog on every blog directory and bloody pinger I could find (manually) and, after all that blood, sweat, toil and/or tears, the stat counter (which I was loving at this new blog, since it counts hits in realtime rather than once a day – quite addictive!) the stat counter, I say, ladies and gentlemen,

THE STAT COUNTER is DOWN!!!!!!