obviously I don't have the blogging gene fully implanted in my consciousness yet. Also, i'm punctuation challenged and it's not a affectation or the rejection of society's arbitrary rules or the commands of language - no I just don't like reaching over to the shift key. it takes too much energy.

For those of you obsessively reading this melange of words on a yearly basis - there's so much to tell! I'm alive, I have some books, Max is kicking in the 5th grade, MM is doing stuff, and it rained a lot this year.

That's about it!

Seriously, I'm contemplating the nature of the universe, man's inhumanity to man, the relationship of creativity to existence, and the necessity of protecting one's home against termites.

more later