. . . And We're Back

So, um, I said I'd be offline for three weeks, right? Yes, that turned out far longer than I anticipated. Partly it was about The Thing that I was working on. The Thing will remain nameless for the time being because I am plagued by a superstitious fear of jinxes. But anyway, The Thing took a long time and wasn't done when I thought it was done and gave it to the person who kicked it back and said, among other things, that we needed a new Thinglet. And as soon as the first Thing deadline passed, I got a pile of papers from my class, so I was grading and Thing working at the same time.

And as a thin shaft of daylight appeared, an intestinal virus marched through the House of Pho, extending everything that much.

Anyway, I'm back now. If the past is an indication, it will take a while to hit blogging stride. But we'll get there.