Sorry to be incommunicado for a couple of weeks; That Nice Boy I Married and I have been on vacation. I'd have told you beforehand, but somehow it didn't seem wise to announce we were going to be away on a public, international forum.

Had a great vacation, but sadly got home last night to find Nick The Pug desperately ill -- acute respiratory distress and pneumonia. Had to drive over an hour to the emergency vet clinic, and got home after sun-up. Nick's still there, and stable, but TNBIM and I are having a somewhat bleary day, as you can imagine.

I'll come up with something intelligent to say in the next day or two. Just wanted to let you know where I've been, and that I'm back.