I haven't posted here for a while, and I know how disappointing this must have been for many of you. But forgive me for saying that's been the least of my concerns. Last Friday night I fell asleep reading this HighBeam Research article titled Recent spate of doomsday predictions range from pandemics to killer asteroids, but I didn't realize I'd fallen asleep. Has this ever happened to you? Where the ensuing dream merges so seamlessly with reality that you don't notice, well... the seam? Yeah, it was one of those. All of a sudden everything went dark. I was so freaked out that it took me until just now to get out of bed, having finally realized the sun had not gone out, but that, rather, I'd had the covers pulled over my head for three days. Such is my joy at recovering from this terrified state that I have been perusing atlases non-stop for the last several hours, just to reacquaint myself with the beauty of the world. Although it presents a far more daunting prospect, I'm working up to taking a walk outside. Wish me luck. I'll let you know how it goes.