Curse you, ML! Mine's been stalled, half-done, for nearly a month (what with the surgery and the painkillers and the fatigue and the other things), and now here you come with --

Hey, wait a sec. New ML story!! Woo-hoo! party

Paul, still hoping to finish the derned thing, and still thinking that it'll turn out to be his longest story to date -- or at least darned close...

When in doubt, think about penguins. It probably won't help, but at least it'll be fun.