Apologies for Being Behind in Responding to Comments Here

My apologies to all of you good readers who have left comments here in the past several days, to which I have failed to respond. This is another of those periods when I find myself falling behind — too much to read and write about, all happening too quickly. I have also been wrestling with tooth pain which should, I hope, abate after the offending tooth is yanked out tomorrow — and the dull, constant ache leaves me a bit lethargic (and also prone to mistype words here, for which I also apologize). I surely do appreciate your comments and am reading and learning from all of them.
P.S. If you have read my posting earlier today, please note three important footnotes I have now added to it as documentation for some of its assertions.