i have been re-reading a minor history of bubble-baths.  it is amazing how often they were needed throughout the progress of mankind, yet how often their soothing peace was forfeited for our familiar angst.  i am no queen (marcus schenkenberg notwithstanding), but i am also no dummy and i have learned a bit from a minor history.  now i will imerse my aching, flabbous (well, really only slightly mis-shapen) frame into the gentle (mmmmmm...), warm (aahhhh...), slippery (oh, yeah...), pulsating (!), uh, no -- got a bit carried away -- not pulsating, but nonetheless rejuvenating bubblebath.  therefrom i shall emerge -- serene. 

oh, and might i mention the tinkering (apparent at the top of this page) which i am doing to try and make this page actually load when BlogVoices is blogged down (like earlier this evening).  the code is only half finished (scriptus interruptus via vomitus), but the idea that is developing is to just prevent calls to the BV server during their peakload times, thus allowing this immeasurably valuable page to load quickly, while relieving some of the stress on BV. 

i really do appreciate that service; it is nothing less than precious to the cohesion of this type of community, as given witness by the massive demand on it.  and if i have overstated that, then at least i can say authoritatively that the comments it yields are precious to me. 

thanks, you commenter, you. 

of course my tinkerage disables commenting during the time it is speeding up page loads.  ah, well.  perhaps it's only temporary.  more tweaking tomorrow... 

as dudley moore's manservant in the movie arthur would say, "you're bahhhth awaits."