UH, HI: An ongoing job search, a sick 17-month old son, and a Cubs pennant race. These are the things that have conspired to keep me from blogging of late. Thankfully the job search may have borne fruit, the kid is feeling much better, and the Cubs' season is winding down, so chances are I may be blogging more in the days and weeks to come.

Just a second ago I refreshed my My Yahoo! page to see that the Rockies have taken a 5-2 lead over the Astros! I did an all-by-myself fistpump followed by a very quiet whoop (wife and kid are both asleep). That my evenings have been reduced to refreshing web pages in an effort to follow the Cubs' pennant chase does not bother me one bit. Life is all about these shrunken moments of charged insignificance.