Unexpected Absence

We've been gone from the blog for several days, most of them unanticipated, but a technical situation plus the holidays had us laying low for a while.
Early Sunday nght, our modem (which we've had since the previous Internet company) finally gave out; I picked a new one up from the Time Warner offices on Chicago Street Monday afternoon. I was told to ask and make sure that it was provisioned; when I did so, the ever-so-friendly "customer service" woman said, "I don't know, I just hand them out to people." Nice.
Well, something wasn't quite right with the hook up and/or modem right away, and with repeated family commitments, we weren't able to get things running until Wednesday night, but here we are, ready for more mirth and magic.