Little bees.

First, the good news: our new modem arrived in the mail and is up & running, four happy little green lights signalling our return to broad-banded happiness.

The bad news is that this cold has decided to stick around and worse, now C's infected as well. Add a busy travel schedule (to and from Ottawa on Sunday, again on Tuesday and again tomorrow) and a mountain of work in the office, and it's a wonder I can even read the paper, let alone write about anything that cranks me up.

At least I'm not alone: along with C. and myself, Grad School Avenger, Pacanukeha and Hurricane Eye all seem to have taken a (hopefully brief!) hiatus from the blogosphere.

Anyway, so you don't leave entirely empty-handed, check out this childhood-dream-turned-expensive-adult-reality.