Editor's Note

The computer that I use for this blog has just crashed.
Off to get a new one.
Blogging will return in a few hours.

Update 14:00 EST: My hard drive has been giving me problems for the past few weeks .... and it finally crashed today (thank God I am always doing a backup). I am now loading the software that I need in my new system, and I will probably be back to blogging within the hour.