And this post was written because..?

Too much to post and too little interest in posting. These past two weeks in Italy have generated enough random thoughts and obscure observations to...um...to do something requiring a great deal of time, effort, and space. And to think that we've nearly a week left in Europe.

Sadly, however, Orvieto (and perhaps the rest of Italy for all I know) is something akin to a very expensive third-world country when it comes to matters technological, and as a result, none of these little tidbits will probably see the soft glow of the cyber-æther until I've returned. This makes the fact that I've bothered to write this particular post--let alone mention in said post that I won't be able to post said until I'm back in the state--even more indicative of the general state of mind one can achieve on a strict diet of cured meats, cheese, and a fairly large daily dosage of wine.