I meant to. I really did. But I got sick last week , and my energy level has been slow enough to come back that my focus was entirely elsewhere until about six last night. I panicked. I gave fleeting consideration to throwing something hasty together, but everything I came up with struck me as lame, abusive to my audience, or (frequently) both. The fact that most of it also wasn’t funny was also a factor in my silence. I slept soundly, which is always nice after such a difficult