I'm not dead.

Yet.

Stopped blogging briefly. My computer crashed and I lost maybe four years' worth of work, because I don't believe in backing up.

So for a couple of days I got spooked and figured it was either identity theft or someone maliciously hacking in.

Stopped emailing altogether for a couple of days, then stopped doing *anything* online that didn't have to do with the newsroom if I couldn't do it from a station computer. Finally figured "this is stupid" and went back on palace. The world didn't end. It's not like my computer was *disabled* -- it was just, well, for lack of a better term, "wiped".

It's an annoyance, yes -- maybe even a *severe* annoyance -- but it's *not* the end of the world.

Meanwhile -- life goes on! Perhaps it's a good thing that my computer crashed: gave me a chance to focus on what's really *happening*, and play an active role in my own life, instead of idly trying to chronicle the lah-dee-dah, who-gives-a-flying-fish-fuck details of a mediocre life online.

This, then, is the summary of everything that's happened since I last posted:

The newsroom's in flux.

The legislature's in session.

We've got the biggest "super-Tuesday" primaries in US history less than a week away.

That's all you need to know.

Except -- oh yeah -- life's *really* good.

(Fear not, my few but fearless, highly esteemed, and most dedicated readers -- next time I flub a name on air, you will read *all* about it.)