george, even if you'd deleted that bacon/humble part from your sig, i'd remember it. :P
my life lately/weed analogy: down to stems and seeds. i've even smoked purty much all the shake, even.
i won't be teaching this year. the details are multitudinously nerve-wracking, so let's just say at present, i'm a professional singer/graphic designer. i'm flat-broke, but enjoying what i'm doing. now, i just need a benefactor-with-no-strings to fund it all. ha.