I'd like to start out with an apology to all of my regular readers whom I have been disappointing for the last month. I have fallen to the sorry rank of a monthly blogger with those other that I wish would write more frequently even if they don't think anything interesting is happening in there life. I plan blogging more consistently again, unfortunately starting tomorrow. Gabe got back from Brazil this morning, and we are getting together at Mike's place. He leaves in two weeks for Senegal, Africa.