Making some noise...

As mccommas noted recently, the silence around here has been deafening. That's because I've been on some extended vacation time. But I'm back now, and we'll start picking things up this week - and next week we should be full speed ahead as I head off to Washington for the week and report on the opening of the new Congress.

I do hope everyone had a happy holiday. It was kind of nice having it wrap itself around the weekend the way it did - took away a bit of the pressures one might normally experience by having that extra day.

So, what is up with you folks?