i've regained my composure after finding that pleasant "Particleman.org is coming soon!" message. A quick heart attack and freak-out session later, i managed to drop my old server, find a new one, upload all my stuff, cross all my t's and dot all my i's, and get everything working. all the old posts and comments should be there.

sorry for the abrupt break in service. this was a long time coming, anyway.

in other news, i went mountain biking yesterday and got stung by a huge bee. or a hornet. or a yellowjacket. it was black and yellow and enormous. scared the hell out of me.