I thought I should write a note to everyone to explain why I haven't been online much lately and have been a very poor correspondent, due to turmoil in many areas of my life. The company I'm currently involved with is preparing for a possible sale, which has many of us working up to 12 hours a day 6 or 7 days a week, and which could possibly leave me set to do whatever I want with the rest of my life. And in the midst of this an on-again off-again girlfriend came from Hawaii for a visit, leaving me with the suggestion that I come live with her in paradise, and perhaps raise a family together - things I am incredibly attracted by, and incredibly ambivalent about. So there! At least between the overwork and stress, and the urge to exercise as a release, I've shed some weight and started to get back into shape.....