I am so sorry for the extended Posting hiatus here and at my other two blogs, Filmi Geek and Sounds Like Power.  The past half-year or so has been trying for me, with lots of soul-searching and thinking and introspection.  I had to let something go, to have the energy for all that, and it was the blogs that suffered.  For you, GOAT readers, that meant I wasn't here to muse on the most interesting parts of that time, like many excellent world music concerts or the course in syntactic theory that I took. 

The good news is that I have decided to say goodbye to my Career as a patent attorney, and in a little over a month I will be starting a new career and a new job as a technical writer. 

I don't know exactly what the future holds, but I miss blogging and I will definitely be back.  So please stay tuned for posting soon on all three of my blogs as I turn the page on my professional life and, with any luck, get back some of the energy I used to spend here thinking and writing and communicating with all you folks out there. 

Thanks for reading, and I'm looking forward to getting back in touch with all of you.