Note to self:

Next time, proclaim it to be I Post Every Day on My Blog Month after you've posted every day on your blog.

Man, if I knew how much work is involved in leaving a job...

Mix in a persistent summer cold and an out-of-nowhere bout with pinkeye...

These excuses are lame. I've got a lot of posts on deck. Perhaps I can catch up by doubling and tripling up. And they'll be substantive posts, mind you.

I need to figure out how to add photos. On Tuesday Tara took me to a going-away lunch and gave me the bestest present ever. Relevant to our earlier MAGNEAT-O! discussions, she presented me with a custom-made gargantuan yellow magnetic ribbon, crafted to its fifteen inches of derisive height by her own hands. The icing on the cake is the formal script, which bleats "I care more than you."

I will post a picture of this ribbon affixed however temporarily on one of our vehicles or the other.

And: thanks for your patience.