"Only A Shadow of My Former Blahg..."

Caen-Normandie Mémorial Musée

So, somewhere along about the end of December 2011, as New Year's Eve was drawing nigh, it just so happened that when I attempted to comment at a number of blogs that I still manage to keep up with intermittently, even though I was properly logged into both the Gmail address that corresponds to the blahg "Spit and Baling Wire" and the blahg itself, as well as when I attempted to respond to comments that had been left for me at "S&BW," I was prompted by the Blogger Comment Section gawds to "choose a profile"--WTF!--which I did, cooperatively, and redundantly, I thought.

Nevertheless, my comments did not upload and display in the comment section of the blogs of others, nor in my own, as responses to comments I had received in my last two posts... Frankly, at that time, and now, I just don't have the wherewithal to investigate why that anomaly has transpired. In addition to being unable to comment, I am also unable to "edit" my posts from the post itself using the little pencil icon prominently, no longer, displayed at the bottom right of my completed and published posts. Historically, when "viewing" my blog(s) I have been able to see my email address posted on the top right in the "nav bar" area, but, for the time being, I can no longer even see that.

Anyway, the upshot of all that mysterious and annoying crap is that for the first time in almost 3 years, through innumerable permutations of my blahg, I have no idea what's up and cannot do anything about it for the moment since I also suffered through the "white screen of death" with my trusty black MacBook back in mid-December and I need to leave the house shortly for a rather extended period. Thus, everything is back up in the air and I have no idea where the pieces will be landing when they ultimately do fall back to earth. I'll be out here gimping along, as usual, come to think of it, and I'll be checking up on you now and then, but if you don't hear from me for awhile it won't be because I didn't try...


The Shadow of Your Smile
Written by P F Webster & Johnny Mandel
performed by Marie Villion

The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things you are to me
A wistful little star
Was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I
Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Now when I remember spring
All the love that joy can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile...