I'm still alive, I swear!
It's just that I'm quickly approaching my 30th (god, I'm getting old), dealing with a job change, a project dragging on, the end of school, and so many other little things that just now am I getting un-buried.
I might start the comeback by pointing to a bit old, but poignant article, that the source Diggers (and many conservatives) don't seem to understand:
The High Cost of Poverty: Why the Poor Pay More.