My poor, neglected blog

I know I have let this blog go by the wayside--in fact, until now, I had just let it go, period--but after recieving encouragement from my loyal followers (mostly just Justin), my fellow bloggers, and a certain assignment for my Technical Writing class, I am once again motivated to dust this thing off and give it another go (or at least attempt to). You may have noticed that I revamped the background and other settings. I rather like the change and I think it adds some needed flair. Now to add some needed posts....