And...I'm Back from Hiatus! (It's due south of Akron donchaknow)

Greetings!

If you're reading this, it can only mean one of two things:
1) You googled "Hiatus" as part of a scrabble challenge, and accidentally clicked on this link (WELCOME!  And, yeah, it's 9 points, plus loss of turn for the unsuccessful challenge.  Sorry.)
2) You are a member of my family.

In either case, you may have noticed it's been about 6 months since my last post.  Well, I could try to blow some smoke your way and tell you the gap is due to some sort of non-laziness related factor, but seein' how wer're family and all...you know me way better than that.  I am prone to laziness bordering on apathy, especially when it comes to putting 250 words together into a semi-coherent, mildly amusing order.

Plus, you know...I was getting a little too comfy with all this social media, and I kind of prefer to be the douchebag sitting next to you at the bar who, after a few cans of Stroh's, turns to you all unsolicited like and lectures you about the evils of facebook or twitter, and how "I'm not active on either because I feel it is killing the art of conversation and correspondence letter writing."  Or not.

So, as this is my first post in a while, I thought I would get you all caught up on what's happening, before I get back to making fun of complete strangers tomorrow.

THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED (TO ME) SINCE THE LAST TIME I POSTED: 


In no particular order:

• An Earthquake hit TIACAICTG studios, putting a crack in the plaster and forcing the Wonderdog and I into a door jamb, all confused like.
  
• A hurricane hit TIACAICTG studios, forcing the Velogirl and I to wait in line 2 1/2 hours for DC sanctioned sandbags so's our basement wouldn't flood. (they were successful).
  
• The Red Sox won 82 games of baseball, and look good to win at least another 15 this year.
  
• I FINALLY sat down and learned how to play the first solo from "La Villa Strangiato" with the help of internet tabs and alot of coffee.  That was on the "guitar parts I need to learn before I die" list since I was 15.
  
• I read 4 books. 
• My parents moved 300 miles closer to me, which is something they should have done 10 years ago.
• I signed up to ride my bicycle 100+ miles one day in September, which has me alternately excited and filled with terror, as I have kind of told everyone I know about it, and if I don't finish, I will have to lie to their faces and tell them it was awesome and they should try it sometime.  
• LOTS of house projects.  Lots.  

More on all of this tomorrow.  Well, not all of this list, obviously.  But you know what I mean.