how long has it been?

Well, well, well ..... what on earth happened?? It seems that I vanished pretty much completely! Actually, shortly after my last update on November 25, my computer blew up and it took me a couple months to get things put back together and up and running again... and then I couldn't find all my program disks and it was just a big old mess (and now I can't remember my password to upload my web page). Just wanted to let anyone who may visit from time to time that I'm still around and hope to stay more current.