TundraSoul

Today I had surgery to repair a double inguinal bilateral hernia, which has been bothering me for many months. This is the sort of hernia that bulges out in your lower abdomen and where the sack hangs down into your scrotum.

If your bladder is full you'll feel pressure from it that can be very uncomfortable. Other activities like walking, running or exercise can also irritate the area. I can't imagine how people can live with it permanently but I'm told many do.

I was...

The first week in December my wife and I paid a visit to New York city for five days. We stayed at a comfortable Sheraton hotel in Queens and used the subway train to make our way into Manhattan daily.

Our visits included the typical tourist attractions like the Empire State Building, Macy's, Rockefeller Center, NBC television, Radio City and other destinations. At any given time some 13,000 taxi cabs are on the street of New York but getting in one is another story. Everything was...

We've been in Orlando at Disney: [Link] for the past week and will return home tomorrow (Tuesday). The parks are always fun with some new attractions and interests but I can't help but come away feeling like I need a vacation for the vacation.

The weather IMO has been unusually hot and steamy especially in the afternoon. So by mid day you find yourself tired, thirsty and hungry most of the time. The sun is relentless...

A new version of the photo gallery is about to finish beta testing. Once it's released I'll update the gallery to include most of the following changes:

. Message Board (for stand-alone systems to use as a mini-forum)
. Private Messaging (PMs, notices for activity on photos and ratings, new photos from buddies, message board activity)
. Built-in RSS (per category basis)
. Usergroup optimization resulting in significant reductions in memory usage for medium-large...

Welcome to the TS Blogs!

I'm happy to add this new feature, which is now available to all TS subscribers.

What are Blogs? Wikipedia says:

A blog is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local...