I have recently joined the mania called SnowDays. I am intrigued by  
the creativity, vastness, and diversity of this deceptively simple  
site.  I am disabled, became bored with TV and got a laptop computer  
as a gift.  I hadn't really bonded with the technology beyond  
endlessly looking up inane facts, until one day I was e-mailed a  
flake.  The interaction enthralled me like nothing else on the web.  
I'm not one for chat rooms, although I've tried it.  I even tried on- 
line dating.  What a disaster!   If I want to "hook up", I have 4 bars in  
walking distance. It seems to have all the things I want out of a web  
site, all rolled into one.  I guess the last, best attribute is the  
anonymity.

I have two hindrances that you may or may not address in this forum.  
I own a 13' Mac book.  I understand and accept that I will not be able  
to increase my abilities by using Internet Explorer 7 to make use of  
the alt key and the zoom feature. The other thing is, my auto fill and  
spell checker don't seem to work on the Popular Front site.  And I say,  
"Oh well!", because I really enjoy making flakes and interacting with  
flakers.  If in the future this can be rectified, so be it.  Right now  
I am reveling in the fact that computers may not just be a passing  
fad like I originally thought.

A post script may be that today I found out that a close friend of  
mine is gravely ill and may not live.  I made a flake for her and many  
people responded with advice, kind thoughts and prayers.  It means so  
much to me, being on my own, to have support from so many.

I will continue to make my flakes and respond to others with short,  
but hopefully witty retorts.  They may not be the most exciting, I may  
not win any ripple contests, and my spelling will be atrocious.

Flake on.

Janis
Excelsior,MN,USA