Slide show is tricky

I've officially spent 52 minutes trying to get a slide show on the side of the blog.  Whoops, now it's 53 minutes.  Still not working.  I keep reducing the size of the pictures, then when I post it, they get larger and larger and more pixel-y.  {insert very annoyed growling sound here followed by the dreaded despondent heavy sigh}

I shall try it again tomorrow.  Tah-tah for the evening.