Welcome to Tom.Helsel.com

Welcome to my little corner of the web. I finally got sick of the old design, and so I decided to spruce things up a bit. The old layout looked like crap in my eyes, hopefully this one will look a little better.

If you're a first time guest, well, then you're in luck, because everything will be new for you! For previous visitors, well, sorry, I don't have much new for you. Maybe some pictures, but I haven't had time to be creative lately. Sorry for that, I'll try to get back to it in the near future.

As usual, the site works just fine in Firefox and Opera, so if you use those browsers, you shouldn't have any problems. I'm spot checking with IE7 now and I've found some issues in the Pictures that I'll try to address. Also, since I have a Mac Mini, I've been looking at things with Safari and Camino, too, but there may still be problems, so drop me a note if things look sorta wonky.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your stay!

Where To Go

About... - A little bit of info about the weirdness that is yours truly.

Thoughts - A collection of original writings, haiku, etc. that I've put together over the years.

Pictures - A few glimpses into the life of this particular Helsel.

Links - Other places on the web that you might find more interesting than here.

Latest Updates

2006/12/26 - Added a picture of Kona to the Kona and Sidamo gallery.

2006/12/25 - Whoa! What's this? Did Tom really just update things for Christmas 2006? I guess you'll just have to go and look for yourself...

2006/12/21 - Created a new gallery for Christmas 2005. Just in time for Christmas 2006 :P

2006/12/21 - Created a new gallery for vacation pictures.

2006/12/21 - New pictures posted in the Tom and Amy gallery.

2006/12/21 - New pictures posted in the Nephews gallery.

2006/12/21 - New pictures posted in the Kona and Sidamo gallery.

2006/12/21 - Site update to new design. I'm nowhere near as nauseous now :P