Infernal Monologue

Those who do not learn from history ...

I sure hope the terrorists don't think to try this one...

Wow, this has been a long time coming!

So, it's been a while since I posted anything. And a lot has happened since that time. And maybe those last two sentences are connected a little bit. By way of a quick run-down, since my last post I have:

• Visited my family in Alaska (and along those lines, met my niece in Alaska)
• Brought my bicycle back from Anchorage, and started regularly biking to school
• Presented my terrorism paper at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
• Spent two weeks in Russia, finally
• Got a fancy new Xbox 360!
• Learned that my twin brother will be a dad
• Learned that my good buddy Sunil will be a dad, too

I'll discuss a few of these (notably the Alaska and Russia trips, and in all likelihood the Xbox as well) in a little more depth in later entries. There are a few other things too which I have not listed here but which I will no doubt blather on about at length, given the slightest provocation. (Fair warning.) I am also still working on a redesign for the site, and I think I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do (after several false starts), so if I get a chance to work on it that will be coming as well.