My sincere apologies about the lack of updates lately.You may have heard about Hurricane Ike, which hit southeast Texas earlier this month.I was among the millions of households that lost power, and in the end went more than two weeks without it.I considered trying the whole "writing by candlelight" thing, but ended up staying at a friend's house for the two weeks instead. I'll no doubt be loaded...

To those that have wondered why I disappeared off the face of the earth - I was grounded the entire month of May and when I got out of school on the 29th, I went to visit my grandmother for a week. She's been in and out of hospitals for the past couple of years, and lost a lot of muscle tone during the last go round. She spent a month in a rehabilitation center and is finally back home.I'll be...