I haven't really been AWOL, because I've read articles and posts here all along. But I got too busy to post at work, and I got paranoid about them viewing our internet use. And at home I used to share the computer with my son, which meant I never got use it at a decent time. But now I got a new computer all for me, and I signed up again yesterday. I never posted all that much anyway. But I'll chime in every once and a while.
Post more often :-)