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NIF : First, Yes - I am still alive and well. Thanks.

I know I have been away for a nearly inexcusable amount of time.
Real life has totally been kicking me around the block ... and still is. Sorry!

Does it help excuse my absence if I were to pass along that I just put in my two week's notice?
... from my employer of almost 8 years! (over half of my career)
... ... and that this actually means LESS time to blog?
... ... ... In all honesty, I am not sure I will be able to pick it back up anytime soon
... ... ... ... atleast not with the level of attention it (and you) deserve.

Illegal Immigration (or any other important topic!) :

No man will assert seriously, that when people are of a turbulent spirit, the best way to
keep them in order is to furnish them with something substantial to complain of

--thanks Edmund Burke, 1792 ... viaWashington Times