If you can't say anything nice.....

You know the rest.  This is mantra under which I am operating right now, so I apologize for the lack of blog posts.  Just not inspired to write and am even a couple of weeks late submitting a post for the other blog for which I write.  Maybe it's the holidays, or maybe its because I can't maintain a vpn connection for more than 2 minutes (I've had to reconnect about 3 times just to write this).  I think the lack of connectivity has to do with the change of power going on right now within the Communist Party.  I have done and seen a lot of interesting things, I'll just have to post when I can stay connected for a reliable amount of time.  OK, just reconnected for the 8th time.  I better publish this before it happens again.