i've been awol these last few days :/  i had to finish a report that's due monday.  still not out of the woods, though, i've got to finish grading today.  :sigh:  some of my students are...well..they should have dropped.  i don't know why they do it to themselves.  then they'll complain their grades are too low, lol.  not low enough.... here's a pdf copy of my report, i am somewhat proud of ...