January 1st, 2003:	I've put all of my "New Years update info" in the latest article. You can find it by going back to the main page and clicking on "more" right after the article's intro text.
	January 4th, 2003:	Just a little update for you today -- mostly because I wanted to get rid of the doubled up "150 experiences on Jan 1st" listing on the main page (the software was doubling it because it only had two updates to work with in 2003). I broke my wrist on the 31st so I'm a little slow typing-wise, but I'll try and get another big experience update done soon (you can tell how far behind I am at any point in time by looking at the ' pending' number on the main cover). Anyway, enjoy the update.
	January 8th, 2003:	500 and change images for you today, and I plan on adding the rest tomorrow. I'm fiddling with some new inserters for my "ads", so if you see one broken image per page for some reason, that's probably what it's related to. PS. Please cut me some slack on the update speed/size, I'm working with a broken wrist right now.
	January 10th, 2003:	I did my best to get caught up today, but I'm afraid I only managed to pound out about a thousand images (but there's some great ones, especially if you're into CBT and bloodplay). The rest will be posted on Sunday or Monday, which should get us fully caught up. Sorry for the delay, and enjoy the update.
	January 12th, 2003:	Experiences for you today, and tomorrow morning I'll whip through the image backlog (I hope; I'll try). I also have a slew of shirts to give away, including to people who contributed in the last couple months of 2002. Enjoy the update.
	January 14th, 2003:	Finally got through the backlog (well, I'm two days behind, but that's fine). I'll have some VERY exciting news in the next update, so make sure you check back in a few days -- you'll know what it is when the cover changes.
	January 17th, 2003:	Whoa! Almost 500 new experiences today! After a bit of complaining, a lot of new people starting chipping in their efforts in getting the reviewing going at a faster pace. So I apologize if some experiences that shouldn't have slipped through, and I hope everyone enjoys the giant update.
	January 18th, 2003:	Not a giant update today, but I hope enough to keep you updated. Mostly I was testing some new input routines to speed the work up on this end. After all, working with a broken hand I've had to figure out some ways to keep up with all the wonderful pictures and experiences you all have been sending. Thank you, and enjoy the update! (Oh, and if you hadn't noticed yet, I've restored partial non-member access to IAM, so even if you're not a member, do feel free to click the IAM contributor links under the pictures to find out a little more about where the picture came from.)
	January 22nd, 2003:	A hundred-and-change new experiences for you, and we've finally updated the year-out-of-date contact and staff pages. Enjoy the update! Images will follow, most likely on Friday.
	January 24th, 2003:	Images for you today... Enjoy!
	January 27th, 2003:	A little experience update for you today! Nothing over-the-top, but I hope enough to keep you reading for another day. Enjoy! :)
	January 31st, 2003:	500 images for you today -- just a taste -- I'll post the full update tomorrow.
	February 2nd, 2003:	A pile of new images for you today, including some amazing mods. Sorry the update wasn't posted yesterday as promised, but, like many BME readers, I grew up with the dream of spaceflight, and the Challenger explosion is one of the few things I remember clearly from seventeen years ago. Those of you who read my IAM page know my feelings on the matter, and to those of you who don't, my apologies for making you wait another day. There are some amazing things in this update (be sure to check out the latest updates on both the Love & Pain and the el Horizonte BME/HARD galleries), Enjoy!
	February 5th, 2003:	All of the experiences today were added by a new automated process I'm testing. The end result will be that when I'm travelling/filming, others will be able to keep the site regularly updated. Fingers crossed!
	February 6th, 2003:	Just a tiny update today -- just testing software really (if you can see this update, it was successful). The main image update will occur on Sunday, and then the next one will be about two weeks later (probably on the 20th or so) as I'll be overseas until then.
	February 10th, 2003:	Well, enjoy this update -- it's going to have to last you! I'm in the UK until about the 20th filming for the upcoming BME movie, so while I will be checking in on IAM, I won't be updating the main site during that time period. There will still be people here taking care of customer support, updating the newsfeed, and making sure everything keeps ticking, so don't worry about this causing any problems. See you in a little while!
	February 19th, 2003:	I'm finally back in Canada after a week of filming in the UK with The Lizardman, Martini of iWasCured, Steve-O, Patrick Bartholomew, C & S Corsets, and much much more. Watch for a trailer in a week or so, as well as the Steve-O interview. Experience update for you today, and then lots of images tomorrow and probably the next day as well (I'll do 500-1000 at a time until I'm done). It's good to be back!
	February 20th, 2003:	Just over a thousand new images for you today. There's still tons in the queue which I hope to have added in the next couple of days, but please cut me some slack as I've been hit rather hard by the jet lag.
	February 22nd, 2003:	Managed to get myself caught up today. Enjoy the update, and expect more after the weekend.
	February 26th, 2003:	Experiences for you today. Enjoy!
	February 28th, 2003:	Looking for the Steve-O interview? CLICK HERE!
	March 1st, 2003:	Well, this is the first half of the update -- people who's name starts with A-L. I'll do the second half tomorrow or Monday... Enjoy, and be sure to check out the giant set of photos in the Rites of Passage gallery from their wildly successful SusCon.
	March 3rd, 2003:	The second half of the images are processed -- enjoy!
	March 11th, 2003:	This isn't a real update... I got started, and then discovered that there were problems with my back-end software so I've had to stop to upgrade that (writing a new image viewer)... But there's still some cool stuff in this update, and you can expect a MUCH bigger one tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. Enjoy!
	March 12th, 2003:	Caught up on the images, so you've got a nice big update today with tons of great images. I've finished the re-write (well, mostly) on my backend tools, so now the update process goes MUCH faster from my point of view. Enjoy!
	March 14th, 2003:	Enjoy the experiences! There's lots of them, including one that I wrote...
	March 18th, 2003:	Just over a thousand images for you today; there are still a few in the queue (as you'll see reflected on the cover) which I hope to process tomorrow or Thursday at the latest. Enjoy!!!
	March 19th, 2003:	Like I promised, here are the rest of the update's images. Enjoy!
	March 20th, 2003:	A little update for you today; experiences. My prayers (or whatever the right word is in my case) go out for all the people in the world at risk today. No matter what ones political views are, I hope we can agree that ultimately it is wrong to take the life of our brothers and sisters around the world, and I pray we can work together to keep the death toll to a minimum and walk away from this with our freedom and liberty intact.
	March 25th, 2003:	This is just the first half of the update of course; I'll do the rest tomorrow. You have to admit one thing about this update -- three of the nicest cover shots of the year I think! Anyway, enjoy.
	March 26th, 2003:	Enjoy the rest of the image update and may peace be with you!
	March 28th, 2003:	Enjoy the update! Experiences galore!
	April 2nd, 2003:	Yes, the Joshua interview is an April Fools prank! Hope you enjoyed it nonetheless... Anyway, 500 or so images for you today, with probably a solid thousand more following tomorrow with any luck (along with a "real" interview).
	April 3rd, 2003:	OK, it's not the whole update... but that means you get another one tomorrow! Enjoy, there's some GREAT stuff in this one.
	April 4th, 2003:	Whew! Three days and about 1600 images later and the update is finally fully in place. Enjoy! Experiences tomorrow.
	April 5th, 2003:	A nice big pile of experiences for you today, as promised. Enjoy!
	April 10th, 2003:	This is just a miniature updates -- we've swapped in both new maintenance machines and new servers, so I'm just figuring out if any problems have come because of that. Full update tomorrow, assuming nothing unexpected complicates things. And be sure to check out the latest Publisher's Ring column, just posted (linked from the main page).
	April 11th, 2003:	Nice big update for you today -- there's so much good stuff in so many sections. I think this is most definitely one of the better updates in a while. Anyway, enjoy!
	April 12th, 2003:	Experiences today... Took some fiddling to get the software behaving, but it should be OK...
	April 19th, 2003:	Two thirds of a thousand images for you today, with the rest being added tomorrow I expect. Enjoy!
	April 20th, 2003:	Boom! Enjoy the rest of the update.
	April 22nd, 2003:	Enjoy all the experiences today, and please check out the first of Cora Birk's monthly columns (linked from the front page, and from BME/News).
	April 28th, 2003:	Over 1500 new images today -- I hope that makes up for IAM being down for a couple days as we move our server room across the country... Please note that when I was doing this update the surface and unusual piercing directory became corrupted -- if you notice that your picture didn't get posted there, feel free to send it again. Enjoy the update!
	April 30th, 2003:	Well, looks like we've got IAM back online, and if I did everything right (HA!) the various programs like QOD, the Glossary, etc., should be running also. Enjoy the update; there's loads of experiences for you.
	May 6th, 2003:	Talk about a GIANT update for you today -- well over 2200 images!
	May 8th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update!
	May 14th, 2003:	Wow! Lots more images this week... Thank you to everyone who's helping make BME absolutely vibrant this spring! Enjoy the update.
	May 17th, 2003:	Experiences for you today, and make sure to check back tomorrow (Sunday) for an exciting new column!
	May 21st, 2003:	Just a tiny update today, although I have finally updated the search engine files. Expect the full update tomorrow.
	May 22nd, 2003:	Boom! Enjoy the rest of the images, as promised.
	May 26th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update!
	May 30th, 2003:	Sorry for taking so long to get images up; you'll have to live with experiences today, and then an image update on Sunday...
	June 1st, 2003:	When I promise you a big update, you get a BIG update! Enjoy!
	June 6th, 2003:	Enjoy the experiences!
	June 11th, 2003:	Enjoy the nice big update! And watch out for a column from JIM WARD -- that's right, Jim Ward -- in a few days as well.
	June 14th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update!
	June 15th, 2003:	About 200 NIX (Toronto tattoo convention) pictures for you today, with lots more to follow over the next week. Enjoy!
	June 21st, 2003:	THIS IS NOT A REAL UPDATE! As you've probably noticed, I've done a massive overhaul on the software that builds the galleries and archives on BME. A complete re-write in fact. This mini-update is just me testing those functions in a "live" environment... I hope it works, and I hope you think it's an improvement. It's mostly minor tweaks, but things like the way experiences are handled is way better than before I believe.
	June 21st, 2003:	...and this isn't a real update either (the experiences). Still just testing. As you can see from the main page I have an enormous pile of images waiting in the queue, so do expect a major update shortly.
	June 22nd, 2003:	Wow... The updates just keep getting bigger, don't they? Enjoy the behemoth!
	June 23rd, 2003:	The first big experience update since the software re-write. I hope it works!
	June 29th, 2003:	I thought this was going to be just a little update, but, as always, it got upsized. There should be an experience update tomorrow, and then I'm taking a few days off for BMEfest and the subsequent recovery!
	June 30th, 2003:	Enjoy the experiences... Next update after the BMEfest hangovers!
	July 5th, 2003:	Enjoy the experiences, and watch for images probably tomorrow, including lots from BMEfest!
	July 6th, 2003:	Enjoy the image update -- and expect another one in a couple days; I have to write a new kind of image adder utility, but as soon as that's done you can expect an "ALL BLAIR ALL THE TIME" update (he just sent me a big CD of his work).
	July 7th, 2003:	This isn't a real update -- it's an "ALL BLAIR" update ;) In order to test some new image adder routines I've added three CDs worth of photos that I got from Blair a few days ago. There are some repeated images (ie. that are already on the site), but these new ones should be higher quality. Enjoy the update!
	July 12th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update, and I'll try and get lots of images posted for you tomorrow (as you can see there are a great many in the queue). Also, expect an introductory column from our latest author shortly!
	July 15th, 2003:	Loads of images for you, once again! I should start warning you though -- I'll be "out of the office" for the first two weeks of August. There will be folks here making sure the servers keep running, but there won't be updates during that timeperiod. Also, thank you to everyone who's helping with the megasurvey.
	July 19th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update -- oh, and my apologies to everyone who's been having trouble accessing BME today, but it's entirely unrelated to me. There appears to be a routing problem somewhere in bellnexxia's network which is affecting a large percentage of viewers -- I have no more power to fix it than I do to fix the highway near your house (ie. same type of problem).
	July 20th, 2003:	Enjoy this image update; I've scheduled it a couple days earlier than usual in order to make sure that I can squeeze in one more biggie before I'm out of the country at the start of August. Enjoy!
	July 27th, 2003:	Lots of experiences for you today, and you can expect a big image update with a few days... And then nothing for two weeks as I'll be out of town.
	July 30th, 2003:	This is the last update until at least the 11th of August. In addition, most of the BME staff will be out of town so we also will not be able to answer customer support mail until then. Enjoy this big update, and see you when I get back (and before you get any bright hacking ideas, there are folks watching the servers).
	August 11th, 2003:	I'm back! Tons of experiences for you today, and I expect that on Wednesday I'll have an image update done.
	August 13th, 2003:	Another truly gigantic update... Lots of wild stuff in this one, enjoy! And visit again tomorrow for two new columns and a BME/Art update.
	August 18th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update, and be sure to check out Jim Ward's column, currently linked from the cover (and permanently archived in BME/News).
	August 20th, 2003:	This was actually supposed to be a slightly larger update, but I made a few mistakes in my build process so I had to upload it a day early (not that I expect anyone will mind). Plenty of good stuff in it, and anything that didn't make it will of course be in the new one. Check out the new column by Cora as well, and enjoy the update!
	August 25th, 2003:	Experience update today, images in a day or two. Enjoy!
	August 28th, 2003:	Tons more pictures for you today... Enjoy!
	September 3rd, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update... and I hope everyone that's back at school is enjoying it!
	September 10th, 2003:	A truly gigantic image update for you! Check back over the next few days for some special galleries and a few articles, including another in JIM WARD's series.
	September 10th, 2003:	Experiences for you today, as well as a new column (well, sort of a column) from me. Enjoy!
	September 16th, 2003:	Experience update for you today. You can expect images in a day or two. I'm currently updating from the road... This update was posted from a wireless broadband connection, while sitting on the beach of an island in the Pacific. Aint technology grand?
	September 18th, 2003:	Enjoy the update... Yet another one screaming your way over the ether.
	September 23rd, 2003:	Experiences for you today... Enjoy!
	September 27th, 2003:	A nice big update for you today, lots of cool images. Enjoy, and hopefully by week's end BME will have a radically enhanced PERSONALS SYSTEM again! I know you've been waiting a long time for it...
	October 1st, 2003:	A bunch of new experiences for you today, and of course the unveiling of the new BME personals!
	October 5th, 2003:	Enjoy the images!
	October 8th, 2003:	Just a mini-update for you today; experiences.
	October 14th, 2003:	Loads of new images for you today, and check the site over the next few days for an exciting phoenix-like rebirth!
	October 16th, 2003:	Lots of experiences for you today; enjoy!
	October 23rd, 2003:	Loads of images for you today; enjoy!
	October 24th, 2003:	Tons of new experiences today. I manually cleared the queue, so a lot of it didn't pass through the normal moderation. If some slipped through that shouldn't have, I apologize... but it's good to be caught up!
	October 26th, 2003:	Just a tiny update today in order to test some new backend features.
	November 1st, 2003:	This is the last image update for about two weeks. BME core staff will be off in Amsterdam until the 10th or so, so we probably won't be able to answer email or anything like that until getting back (although there still will be folks here minding the servers and so on). If you need to reach me, you might have more luck via IAM... Anyway, enjoy all the pix, and there will be an experience update tomorrow.
	November 2nd, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update, and my new column as well. When I get back you can expect tons of images and stories, a report on the APP's EuroCon, and a new column from Jim Ward as well.
	November 11th, 2003:	I'm back!!! Experience update and a Jim Ward column today, and if I can keep up the momentum, images will be up tomorrow evening.
	November 12th, 2003:	Whoa! Talk about a lot of images. Maybe you're wishing I went on vacation (well, working vacation) more often? Anyway, enjoy the update -- there's lots of cool stuff in it.
	November 17th, 2003:	Enjoy the experiences, as well as a new colum from Cora!
	November 21st, 2003:	Lots of images for you today... enjoy!
	November 24th, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update!
	December 1st, 2003:	Enjoy the nice big update. For those of you who are competing for the end of year awards for top contributors, please be aware that if you submit after December 10th, it might end up in the 2004 update.
	December 3rd, 2003:	Enjoy the experience update and the new articles!
	December 14th, 2003:	Wow... Talk about a gigantic update... Almost 5,000 images! This was the last one of the year; the next image update will be on January 1, 2004. As a point of trivia, this was also BME's first image update in its tenth year. Anyway, you can still expect an experience update before year's end as well as a couple of articles in BME/News, so do keep checking back. Enjoy!
	December 15th, 2003:	And there you have it... last of the year. The top-contributor awards will be posted within a few days!