As some know, I've been stuck on dial-up since '98.
And i moved a few years ago to a really rural area that offers no internet services at all, and EXTREMELY bad telephone lines for dial-up, limiting me even further.
Not only that, the bad connection pretty much waisted my computer, and as of october, it became unusable altogether.
Not only did I not have reliable net, I didn't even have a computer.
Well, as of this afternoon, I have a new computer, and within a month or so, I'll have a satellite net (hughesnet or wildblue).
So my absence will soon come to an end.