I've been off the air for a couple of days. Seems my wireless router has died and took the one wired connection (my desktop) with it. I'm now plugged directly into the cable modem, which works great for now.

I can't hear out of my right ear temporarily. I mean, when I swallow, I hear crackling noises in it, so I'm thinking something's stuck in my Eustachian tube, or I've got swimmer's ear or something. I figure I can wait it out for a while, maybe gargle a little more often. I'm sure it'll get better over the next day or two.

I'm home until early next year. Whee!