Yes, I'm still here.

No, I haven't forgotten you all. We're still busy moving to the new house. Blogging will remain slow until we get the internet connected, and given the way that AT&T has managed to botch just about everything else so far I don't know if that will happen any time soon.  (There's really nothing like the sluggish, incompetent service that AT&T provides. But, at least it's overpriced.)

If you need an ant fix, click on this for a slide show of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants.

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"Thereâs really nothing like the sluggish, incompetent service that AT&T provides. But, at least itâs overpriced."

This reminds me of the great line from "The President's Analyst":

"Everybody hates the phone company. Even the people who work for the phone company hate the phone company."

Love the slide show. Pogos are quite charming and photogenic!

Hope the move goes forward smoothly.

By James C. Trager (not verified) on 11 Jul 2009 #permalink

Having just retired and moved myself, let me just say that Comcast is just as bad as ATT! Good luck with your system eventually!

By Henry W. Robison (not verified) on 12 Jul 2009 #permalink