I'm not dead.
I'm in an undisclosed location. Here's my computing rig at the moment:
It's Sunday, a little after noon. This afternoon, I have three major projects that I really need to get done or the next week is going to be intolerable. Sort of a do-or-die situation.
I'm living the closest thing that one can get to the cliche of the student who goes off to the remote mountain to study under the great master of his art, the sort of Luke-goes-to-Dagobah situation. Things will return to normal in slightly under two weeks, where I have wheel bearings to (still) re-pack.
With any luck, the genomes will be being conjured (or at least compared) here soon. Oh, here's one other hint as to where I am: