not dead yet

The monday the week before I had an important science speech. The next weekend I caught "the cold from Hell" & am still typing around my running nose and coughs. Basically, October so far has been (a) rush for work and (b) being ill.

If you missed me (or not) one way or the other. I hope to crawl back to daylight this weekend (and that the last week of the month (and the rest of the year) will turn out differently, allowing for written relieve for a change). :-)