In response to my posting yesterday, several people suggested I try deja-news. Thanks for this suggestion to everyone who offered it. I'm open to hearing other suggestions if there are any, otherwise I will try this one. I need no other suggestions that I try deja-news. It looks like I will be returning after all, luckily (or unluckily if you want to see it that way)
"Early to rise, early to bed makes a man healthy but socially dead." ---Yakko Warner