One thing, though. I think I'd better hide the fireworks. I need to get rid of them, really, but there are too many people around to shoot them off in the back yard and there's still a certain resistance on my part to sending them out with the garbage. Maybe you really do get wiser as you get older, but I doubt it. Same with the cameras. I don't need to have people know about the cameras and the front door you can open with a can opener.

I had an email from someone who mentioned she liked to look at the Oakland cam from time to time as she once lived in the area. I think she's the only person on the planet who does look at it though. I've been remiss in searching the web for other webcams located in places that interest me, maybe places where I lived years ago. Might be nice to put up a page, more for my own viewing than anyone else, of web cams located near old stomping grounds. Take care of any urges I might have to visit. Check out Yonkers, New York or Napa every now and then. Check out Seattle or Seoul, Korea or Sausalito. There must be people every bit as crazy as I am in those places with cameras pointed out their windows. I've heard of people checking traffic like this for their commute. Why not a quick glance at my past? Check out the weather. Because I wouldn't look at it more than twice? I don't know.