Still alive and kicking. The work is slow at my job now but my boss is still giving fourty hours a week so i can't complain. I'm going to be up to my elbows in vw shortly. I'm going to rebuild the engine in my 71 Squareback today Hopfully there will be no surprizes. Last night I changed out the rear axle seal on our 2002 Yukon XL. I really dig big gears and roller bearings. That was the first real nuts and bolts thing I've done on that car and I enjoyed it. Turns out the yo yos at the dealership chewed up a sealing surface when they serviced the rear end so I was getting a leak. Not doing much as far as art goes these days, no inclination or ideas I did do a small sketch illustrating a saddle and rider on my nerther character which I would feel guilty putting on this page. I am still writing a story so I guess I'm not in a total creative slump