Distracted by Computer-Simulated War

If I haven't posted in awhile, it's because I've become addicted to Age of Empires, which is sucking up all my free time, and even that time in-between free and non-free time that you really should probably be doing something constructive, especially since I need to be getting a paper written and prepare a syllabus, and research, for a course I'm assisting in the fall--yes, this time is being sucked dry as well. There's worse things in life I suppose...and besides, its the summer, right?