So I am a Luddite now...

So while I am sure that my large fan base was eagerly awaiting the promised posts, my hard drive died on Sunday and the data is irrecoverable (unless I want to pay $500 or so, and even then no guarantee). I think it will survive, but it is depressing to lose so much of my academic work, not to mention my music and shows. Oh well...

I have the previous version of my paper that I am working on and my dissertation proposal as well as the presentation. Since I have those three documents, I should be able to survive. But I do have to re-do a fair amount of work on my paper since I had not (yet) backed up the latest revisions. All of this is a long way to say that my promised posts are going to be delayed.