For the past several weeks I was out of the country visiting my father and we had very poor or no internet access most of the time (I can’t believe I survived).  I realize now that I probably should have made a blog post beforehand letting my readers know I’d be away for a bit, but as I mentioned in a comment, I was hesitant to make a post that didn’t really contain anything useful, humorous or informative–so I held off—and now I’m doing it late, as a loser would, just to let subscribers know I’m still around and will be posting at a normal speed again :).