Overhaul

the site had a mini-overhaul - hence the new banner. nothing drastic at all but more changed than is immediately noticeable but some of you might have noticed the links have disappeared. the web hit counter was also erased - so basically it stated over from zero. i was forced to upgrade the template of the site since i was doing ALL editing in HTML (good thing i happen to have a general understanding) but i am working now to recover them.