First, I wanted to say thanks to everyone who offered their condolences to my family's loss. It wasn't my intention to seek that, but it was still nice to see. I had decided to take time off, but I've since decided that this community is an overall positive thing (even if I'm only on here 10 min/day) and I shouldn't give that up at a time when I could use a few more positive things.

I'd like to contrast that with an ESPN baseball league I'm in. I missed the draft and people were upset, so I posted my situation (with an update that the infection has spread to 2 more family members) with an apology. The responses I got include "you should have thought about us too, not just yourself", "What was the point of missing the draft, he's still dead anyway", and "If you're not going to take this league more seriously maybe you shouldn't be here". Needless to say I dumped that league to make time for this site.

Consider this a long way of giving the site and community thanks and a big pat on the back. We've got to be a top-5 most awesome/diverse community on the web.