Regular readers may have noticed our irregular posting patterns of late, as opposed to our former machine-like clockwork precision. There are several reasons — changing seasons, a vacation-induced change in sleep patterns, recovering from our sprained ankle, etc etc etc. Another is that we’re STILL trying to cover some stories in greater depth, and that takes a lot of time and thought. We know this daily link blogging thing looks hard, but it isn’t — it’s easy as pie and chips. Thinking, that’s hard.