HELLO - THIS IS YOUR HOST SPEAKING
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN I STARTED THIS SITE
(ACTUALLY 10 YEARS AGO - AND 3 SIMPLE PAGES)
IT WOULD END UP BEING SO LARGE.

THE ORIGINAL GOTHIC-IOWEGIAN WAS PRETTY BIG
NEAR THE END OF ITS ORIGINAL INCARNATION.
AND WHEN I BEGAN IT, THE ABOVE PHOTO WAS ME - THEN.

THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE MAINSTAY IMAGES THAT WAS AROUND.

THEN, YA GET A LITTLE OLDER, AND A LITTLE MORE GRAY,
AND A LITTLE MORE, AND A LOT MORE....AND...
WELL...UM...YOU SENSE A PATTERN HERE, RIGHT?

[ photo: late 2008 ]

...but I'm still.....me ;)