Thanks to everyone checking in and leaving their remarks and critiques on this thread.

Insight sometimes comes from unlikely places, and I've personally gained a lot of thinking material here. Time is short these days and it's tough to keep up; having said that, the conversations are fascinating to read (but I don't have time to respond with fully-fledged comments at the moment).

Everyone, fly safely and keep the blue on top!
I'll check in again in a few when there's more time

C.S.
Yes, of course. Who has time? Who has time? But then if we never *take* time, how can we have time?

P.S. Dear God, I hope that guy in the article above isn't a good expat friend of mine who resembles the description... I have to go do some of my own checkin' in now, folks.