THE SATELLITE INTERNET CONNECTION that powers information services here at O'Toole File World Headquarters suffered some sort of a catastrophic failure late Saturday afternoon, and it has taken the better part of three days to get the system up and running again. Thanks, as always, for your patience as we worked through the problem.

NOTE: I haven't had a chance yet to go through all the e-mail that's been backing up on the server since Saturday, but if you are one of the many people to whom I owe a reply, please accept my apologies, and look for a response in the next few hours.