Thanksgiving vacation or not, I was planning on keeping the blog alive while taking a few days leave here in the Bay area.  Alas, the glorious South of Market hotel I'm crashing in has Babylonian-era Wi-Fi and grabbing a signal has been difficult.  Today, the green bars were illuminated for a brief spell,. long enough for me to give you a blip on the radar.

There's plenty to talk about, but rather than get into the hub-bub now and risk losing it all to the broadband Gods, I'll update later tonight in full.  I hope you all had a miraculous holiday weekend.