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Errrrhhhhh!!!!
I spent a bunch of time this morning on a long post . . .
and instead of being published,
it went to . . . the black hole of bloggerdom.
I was so frustrated, I went and took care
of other things (like putting away my Christmas decorations).

Hopefully I can reconstruct the post sometime in the next
day or two and repost.  In the meantime, Happy New Year!