First off, gotta say I've missed a lot of you guys! <waves wildly @ Munchy> <pointedly ignores Haxxie> <makes eyes at Smokes wife> <swipes Gads bong> <gives one of them real cool 'n casual nods to Prawn> <preens>
Soooo, anything interesting going on around here?
I've been doing, some, erm, well... you know... stuff. Boring shit, mostly, you know how it goes. Spent some time in Thailand, got a tan. You know, standard semi-retired vacation shit, kinda like your parents did. Well, mebbe not *exactly* like yer parents, but I did wear socks with sandals on a couple of occasions.
Anyways, haven't dragged my avatar and sig line out in, hoo boy - it's been a long fucking time.
So I've got this trip planned, to the Big Apple. Golly gee and shucks, I shure am looking forward to seeing the big city 'n stuff. I'm not sure exactly where I'm gonna be staying when I get there, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be one of them 'state of the art' facilities, if you know what I mean.

Now, I haven't got much time right now—you know how it is when yer getting ready for a trip—do I have enough socks; are those purple trousers a bit much for tourist class; does the country for this passport even still exist; did I remember to pay my lawyers retainer. You know the drill.
Since I really have no fucking idea exactly how long I'm going to be gone for, I thought I'd set up a time to drop back and have a little get-together with some of my friends, enemies, and assorted acquaintances before I go, well, away for a bit.
Say about in, oh, 24 hours from now.
I'm inviting a few other folks to drop by as well. Moustache, Gwern, that kinda folks. Not exactly active anywhere else online right now, and this place has always been kinda like home. <wipes tear>
Hope to see y'all here.

Cheers, eh.
*Obligatory dancing Gadabout banana -->
