do my job if i had some disease

Wow, I've been gone a while. Like, almost a month.

Well, I can explain that. I took an extended Vermont vacation after the Fourth of July to recharge my batteries and hang out with some friends in a part of the country that isn't a disgusting swamp come summertime. Been working on the new novel a bit, but not as much as I'd like, and I've also been reading a lot, mostly one of George Fraser's Flashman novels and Heinrich Boll's The Clown.

By the time I got back from Vermont, it was just about...