So many things since I wrote in last. Mid-September found me in Boston with Fi, where he's now based - the results of several years of hard work on his part (even while on vacation) and warm thoughts on ours. This was followed by a quick 36-hour trip (I'm not joking) to LA for Champagne's beautiful wedding. For a week or so it seemed as though the jet-setting was at an end, but now I'm on another wild ride - hurtling towards a slew of deadlines faster than you can say MRI. So if you meet with silence at this end, you know why.