I know, I know, it's been a while. All is well, but the workload has been somewhat extreme. This is, of course, a good thing - better than having insufficient work, certainly - but only if I do what I need to do before the deadline by which I have to do it. And that, my friends, is going to be a close shave. It'll take me up until the Christmas vacation, I'm afraid, and at that point, I'll come up for air ...