Stepped off the edge of the earth?

In a word, no.  I didn't check when the last time I actually posted to LJ was, but i know it has been quite awhile.  I've been quite the busy fellow the last few weeks.  I had a week that I was in Italy, where they have the internet, just not where I was.  Shortly thereafter, Monica, a fellow German major from Lawrence and now assistant teacher like me, came up to visit.  And after that, I came down to visit her in the Rheingau region of Germany.  In addition to that, I've been working about the double amount of hours at school.  In other words, with everything (and that fact that I don't and probably wont have internet at home this year) I haven't gotten to posting, emailing or anything much internetty for awhile. 
In any event, things are going pretty well here in the Germanic world.  A few mean people taking me on because of that country that I come from.  Lazy students, a lot of them.  Yes.  All this and more in coming posts.  The next few weeks should be a bit quieter. 

Also, can someone please do me a favor:  Get Colbert 08 in the Illinois Primary!