Ah crap. The blog police have caught me napping. Only I wasn't napping really. Was dealing with something truly horrible. My grandmother died yesterday morning and even though we all saw it coming for weeks on end (and God love my mother... months), it still sucks.

There will probably be plenty on human morailty here in the next few days but I feel I must clear the decks as well.

I'm waiting on a reply from a rather talented somebody that may change all of the rules of the game today. Sorry - make that The Game. While I wait, I have surrounded myself with more notebooks than Paperchase in a truly valiant attempt to get three projects finished in the next 12 days. One of them actually has a deadline of tomorrow and even though I'm an eternal optimist at heart, I have to admit I'm struggling a little to meet that one in the face of recent events. I think I will finish it in my own time and take the lid off the pressure cooker for a little while.

So - all is well even though all is unwell. Normal service will resume shortly.