Out of the loop.

After two months of exceedingly limited Internet access, I'm very much out of the loop. In fact, I'm out of multiple loops; it's as if there's one of those odd macrame things one of your relatives made in the late '70s that you've got hanging in the guest room even though nobody can say what it is and I'm outside it.

Erm, anyway, what I want to know is: What have I missed? What's happened to you in the last two months that I should know about? If you have any posts you're particularly proud of, please tell me in the comments!

And while I'm at it:

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