It's been a few days, I see.

It's been a few days since I've posted anything here, so I just wanted to toss a quick post up to let everyone know I'm still alive, and haven't abandoned the blog. I had a tooth abscess pop up on me last week, and it didn't get resolved until Monday. For some reason, I had a hard time working up the concentration needed to write well while I was taking painkillers. That's over and done with now, so real blogging will return to this space shortly.

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I've got some rather nightmarish memories of someone else's abscessed tooth from 25 years ago - I'm just glad you got enough painkillers to handle it. Glad you're back.