Perhaps you've been here the entire time and we have just been missing each other?
To survive the disgust of the Obama presidency, I went back to listening and watching sports. LOL But I never left, although I posted much less. I have had to work very hard to survive the Obamaconomy.
I actually met Patrick Knowlton. And here is his song:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669476/posts