I know in the past I've faded in and out, I know I've gone for months and months at a time without so much as a peep. Real life just takes priority, things get hectic, and to be honest other things are on the top of my mind than keeping everyone informed of what's going on. However it helps to know that someone is thinking about you, and I -do- always try to post a message somewhere letting people know what's going on and how I've been so they don't worry. In my case I'm going to make an honest effort to try to maintain my personal blog again and update it on a weekly or so basis in case other things on the inet do become neglected (say I don't come by here on a daily basis anymore), you can always go to my personal domain and check up on me (or my facebook and myspace).