Behold how I am NOT dead!

Yes, indeed - I am NOT dead! Well, I might be. I don't know, actually - how does one determine such a thing? I am not eating, excreting or breeding right now. So, I might be dead.

Anyway, I am still capably of typing and various other things. So, I daresay that is close enough for horseshoes.

Where to begin? Firstly, with an apology to all those who have been eagerly awaiting updates and have got none of them - very sorry INDEED for this! Thanks also to everyone who posted comments - including Myles, who identified himself by name!

So, to the news!

Item the first : I have a Green Card!

Item the first and a half : It's not green, which I felt was disappointing. I wanted a green Green Card. Anyway, this thing allows me to stay here (in the USA) pretty much indefinitely and work and pay taxes and so forth. So, that's all good.

Item the second : Liza and I are coming to the UK in September; we shall be having a blessing ceremony at Ste. Marie's Cathedral in Sheffield (that's the Catholic Cathedral) at 10:30 AM on Saturday 30th September followed by some sort of celebration in the Parish Hall afterwards. That evening, we may VERY WELL go out and get drunk / celebrate etc. All are welcome to attend the Mass, the party or the drinking. Or all three. Please, do come - it would be lovely to see everyone.

Item the third : I went on the GM hotrod power tour - an amazing combination of muscle cars and '65 Chevys and what not. I was part of the video crew, and spent a weekend wandering around a car park in Ohio looking at about 2500 classic cars. All fun and games, there.

So, that is the current state of play in the USA - I'm still working for the same company, and I am still getting paid etc. Currently trying to understand the US tax code. And I can't. So, there you go.

I feel quite American.