Ah yes, Red; things have been downright slow in these parts of late. I blame summertime for part of it. Hard to bring yourself to sit down and write away when glorious sunshine is blazing away just out the door. (Course, it could be a little easier this year now that fuel prices makes it about impossible to go anywhere anymore.)
It's true. We've fallen on hard times. IMHO.
An ascendant man, living in a degenerate age, MUST, by definition, live in contradistinction to his times.