All the things in the way

First, I owe everyone a tremendous apology for having not published in the past week. I could list off the long litany of impediments that got in the way but the point is, I have been largely silent here and owe you an apology for that. I’m sorry.

To summarize though, I have been stymied by three vexatious issues:

1. General life mayhem - being sick, busy, t…