Why I'm Not Posting Often

1) Last week I went to a science-fiction convention, where I did all the volunteer work for a scale model competition that only had three entries. As a result...

2) I caught Con Crud, which has been particularly intractable this time around. Luckily, I'm not too demoralized about that because...

3) Amazon.com has just started their "win your Wishlist" contest for the season. So I've been poking all over the Internet looking for Stuff I Want(TM). Between that and my usual Research Addiction(TM), I've been fruitlessly busy. Just the same...

4) My Internet connectivity has been its usual flaky, unreliable self.