Yeah so allergies have essentially crippled me for the last two weeks so if you haven't seen me that is why. I tend to stay to my room and avoid anything that may have been exposed to pollen(essentially anywhere but my bed). Major apologies are due to the following people:

• Sam, I am sorry for not responding to your comment made quite some time ago.
• To our leader, Jim Groom for missing his class so many times in the past few weeks that it feels like I do not have an evening class. May he be ever merciful.

I know that the semester is coming to a close and that it has been very stressful for many of us. I have often put this blog to the wayside because of my other commitments and or laziness and I beg for forgiveness from all. I want be able to express myself in such a manner on this blog that reflects who I am and is something that I can continue and develop and that has been hard for me since I am so often caught up in other things or just don't want to write. I have even found myself wasting my time on audio talks done about data center power usage optimization (I am a geek and loved every minute of it), a talk by James Hamilton, in order to avoid doing more immediate and pressing work. I am a procrastinator and am that much more terrible of one when not feeling good. thats said, I am working on getting more regular on here. I did pay for it after all.

P.S. If you feel like you want to hear James' talk it is available here. It is an hour long but very well done and intriguing :-)