Yes, I am still here although not completely. To explain...part of this week has been spent in Vallejo assisting a friend who had a bi-lateral hernia repair. Everything went well but the heat of the past few days about did ME in. I returned to a cooling San Francisco on Friday but was exhausted. I think I am now returning to normal anyway and my friend is recovering nicely.

Whenever I take long overseas flights I always wish I could afford first class as those flights are butt busters especially in coach. Well, someday, those long flight might be a thing of the past if this new supersonic jet engine is a success. Imagine, San Francisco to Taipei in two to three hours instead of the thirteen hours it now takes. Wow!