Cantankerous updates

* I seem to have defeated the virus. Either I'm awesome, or it was very very wimpy. Let's all just vote for the former, shall we? Maybe that will un-grump me a little bit.

* The next three weeks are going to be particularly busy here on the home front, so this is just a heads-up to say posting will be sporadic until after Canadian Thankgiving (called "Columbus Day" by our southern neighbours, and "October 10th" by the calendar).

* Still no cover. We were very close for a moment; there was a...