Dear Friends, and I hope all do still consider me a friend -- I spent one day off UA and was horribly sad and lonely. Also repentant. I am coming back, and I am sorry for any stress I caused. I hope to be much more temperate in the future. Also, I want you all the know that the reason I quit my blog (at least for now) wasn't because of the dust-up we had on UA. It was because I've about reached the bottom of my well of thoughts and feelings about astronomy and I do not want to repeat myself. As an old newspaperman I have seen it happen frequently to columnists, who say everything they know in a year or two and then just repeat the same ideas in one form or another. I care too much about my writing to let that happen. And I care too much about our little astronomical community to behave like a jerk anymore. So thank you, I'm back. Best wishes to everyone, Joe