I’ve returned to New York City from my vacation in the west. Alas, the desktop computer which was acting up before I’d left has now failed again. I was able to salvage about 95% of the essential data (including my writing, my site-related materials, my work-related files, and my email) but am pretty much starting from scratch when it comes to reinstalling software. So it may be another day before I’m able to get back in the swing of things, blogwise. Apologies to any of you out there to whom I owe email, I’ll get back to you soon.