There. I did it. I jinxed myself by adulating the frequency and regularity of my blog posts. Hope you did not miss me much. I haven't missed writing much for the simple reason that I've been too busy to notice when hours turned to days and days to weeks.  Same old story, did you say.  Well, you're not far from the truth.  So... :-)  I've been reading a bit lately. Currently on my shelf is