Why the Silence?

Life happens. Personal things. Coursework, including what became a 17p term paper for U.S. Government I on repression of dissent via weak interpretations of the Press Clause, a 4p research paper for U.S. History II on the political history of the 1960s, another 4p extra credit paper on The Birth of a Nation for the same class (any of which I'm willing to post if there's interest), and generally keeping up with Physical Geology. Semester ends next week, just gotta knock out three exams (two of which require two essays each). Looking forward to the break, to filling my time with physical activity, fixing shit up around the house, getting my Jeep back on the road, catching up with wonderful people that I've neglected these past few months, working on the manuscript, reading, reading, straightening out some bureaucratic bullshit with my financial aid, and getting enrolled in ODU for next spring semester.

And of course, I'll be posting here more regularly. Get your suggestions in now on the kind of stuff you'd like to see.