Recent blogging hiatus due to illness

I haven't been able to blog for the past few days, as I have been the subject of an evil Viral Intifada. The first part of the week it was a cold; yesterday and today it is an intestinal virus, the kind that usually shows up this time of year. My son brought it home and infected his sisters, who in turn gave it to my wife and I (damn those public schools! Festering petri dishes of plague and pesti- uh, he's homeschooled, isn't he? Never mind). So this is the reason I'm blogging at this time of day: My stomach won't let me sleep.