Gone but not forgotten (I hope!)

Hi. This is "ink." I'm sorry I can't take your comment right now. Unfortunately, due to the recent defection (I mean transfer) of a colleague, my workload -- and deadlines -- have just doubled. When combined with a very welcome (but somewhat ill-timed) mini-vacation later this week to visit the ever-delightful Sister Staceypatrick followed by my ever-entertaining-and-occasionally-frustrating parents, I am sure you'll understand when I say that I am up a certain smallish kind of highly-scented river without some of the required equipment to steer myself successfully past rapids and those bits of land that sit underwater but you still can't see them before you get stranded like a complete loser. Oh yeah, SHOALS, that's it. Or do I mean sandbars? Well, that's not important right now. What IS important is that while I am not available to take your comments just at the moment, I will be very pleased to hear from you when upon my return on March 7. Thank you for your patience. I apologise for any inconvenience. Have a nice day, and please come again! -- *BEEEEEEP*