Ever since I have joined ET, I have been embarrassed by my lack of contribution. It was a combination of lack of relevant topics where I thought I would be among those most suited to address (a problem partly arising from getting a lot of my information from the site -of course, the threshold changes once the intended readers are among the world at large rather than the regulars), definitely lack of time, and some level of writer's block.

So, I've been embarrassed. But at the moment, thanks to the kind people who have recommended them, there are two articles bearing my name in the upper right column. And one of them has even been frontpaged.

That makes me somewhat proud :-)

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi