Soundcheck: Is this thing on?

I know I know.  I apologize for the extended disappearing act.  A lot of events happened that took me away from my blog.

This happened: Ramadan.

And then this took me to a beautiful land far far away for 35 blissful days.

And then this happened.

So I'm back to normalcy now.  And I have 2 posts in progress.  Stay tuned!