Wow, what a busy few weeks it has been for me.  Trips around the country, presentations galore, twitter/Facebook upsets, birthdays, holidays; It's been non-stop for me.  As usual the first thing that I forget to do when I'm busy is to update my blog.

So my idea today is to cram as much as I can into this post and hope that I don't forget anything on the way.  I may expand on some of these in the future, but I wouldn't stake your life on it.

Lets get started then.