Almost Done
As I should have expected, backing up my photo library took a ridiculously long time and contained some unexpected twists. Has anyone tried to burn a DVD in iPhoto with more than 5000 images? Apparently it can't be done (the drive does not respond properly). I now get the joy of rebuilding my library with all my favs instead of everything so it may be a little while before I post older photos.
Here are two recent ones:

