I have not posted (here) in a long while!
I've got some catching up to do.
But time is merciless!
Time will continue on, against my will and thoughts and work and tireless valiant efforts to slow it down (or even to speed it up on occasion).
Time is like the clinging monkey on the back of this rather angry parrot,
or like this vulture's vicious attack upon an unsuspecting jackal:
Time still marches, marches violently, silently onward!