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OK, so now the User Submissions link is working properly. Sorry about that. :P Some great submissions, by the way.

The following is a blatant, but relevant, rip-off of a poem by Mary Stevenson that may very well be the most popular image macro ever created. I mean, come on, how many times have you seen this poem printed on a picture of footprints on a beach at sunrise/set?

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Dog.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.

This bothered me because I noticed
that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from
anguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.

So I said to the Dog,
"You promised me Dog,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during
the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one
set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most,
you have not been there for me?"

The Dog replied,
"The times when you have
seen only one set of footprints in the sand,
is when I carried you."

OK, I have no excuses. I can only quote reader, Jen: "update fail". Jen, I hang my head in shame; I'm sorry to disappoint you. Starting tomorrow, you guys will get a new picture every day for at least 2 weeks. I have a nice queue built up, but I really need your help. I'm too busy, at the moment, to come up with new content on my own, so if anyone can help out and send in submissions, I'll tattoo your name on my back. And by tattoo, I mean write in correctly formatted HTML; by your name, I mean your name and a link to your blog/twitter/whatever; by my back, I mean this website. See you tomorrow; tell your friends!

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Have an invalid Saturday.