back from radio silence

Hey, folks. Sorry for the quiet time; after time at Ma's I had a quick visit to some friends of the family in North Carolina. A great time was had; I didn't want to leave. Some of my adventures are visible on twitter (same username as here). One tip: should you encounter a drainage tunnel you traveled through as a child, be careful going through it as an adult. The height change means that while you went through it with a slight stoop when you were young, you'll be going through in a duckwalk as a grownup, and considering that you do the equivalent of a couple of blocks underground your legs will be wobbly as hell by the end of it.