whole wide world.

That was some unexpected radio silence, sorry about that.  Will try to do better in the future. 

As it turns out, I'm not the only one who's been busy, though.  First Alan and Starr snuck off to get married (an event I couldn't stop talking about for a day or two, since it made me feel very twenty-first-century, finding out they'd gotten married because Chase posted a cameraphone picture to his Flickr account), and then Charlie and Rae went and did it too.  Even more exciting, Jessie and her husband have a new daughter, and Dave and Augusta have a new son.  As busy as I've been, it pales in comparison.  Congratulations, everyone!