It's been ages.....

 I'm still around....although it's been ages (over a year, surely) since I've posted anything here.  Partly it's because I only have a limited capacity for online life--no matter how busy my offline life is.  I have begun to learn that there are just certain things that I'm not going to invest the time into.  I haven't decided if this is one of those things (yet).  It might be.

The other reason is that I have never felt like I really understand the way to effectively utilize this platform (and other similar platforms).  (I completely missed the era of Live Journal and still don't really understand what it was--both in terms of culture and platform.)

Anyway, this is mostly me just popping in to say I'm still alive.

I hope all of you--out there in the ether--are doing well and surviving/thriving.

Cheers!