ted - glad to see you back. the short version is that my life is the same as always due to my chronic laziness. i finally finished school, but haven't been able to bring myself to apply to a graduate program (let alone many). i am working at a non-profit consulting group which isn't as terrible as it sounds. the real upshots are that the people i work with are pretty cool and i could spit on tech campus from my building, could i only open a fucking window, so i'm still in the city.

i heard that it took a while to get a job and that you got an engineering job whose entertainment value and advancement possibilities i won't divulge here, as it may be the same job that you have right now (i hope not). can you elaborate?

you can get hominy grits, though, right? not that they're a proper substitute.