A thunderstorm rolling through the area at the end of last week apparently did something of a number on my internet, which has been going in and out most of the weekend; and then I came down ill last night -- nothing serious, but enough to put me mostly out of commission for a day; and the combination of both have put me behind on things as I enter the penultimate week of the term. So suffice it to say that the next few days are likely to be quite light on posting. I do have the fortnightly book done, but I need to finish writing up the actual post when I have the time.