Keeping promises

So, I spoke with my oldest, bestest friend today (he needs a pseudonym for this blog, bi the way...), and he chided me for not keeping up with things here.

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea maxima (minima?) culpa.

That said, it's been a few months, and an interesting few months at that. So here goes, with a little something to get restarted...