Hey, all, Chuck here. 

Just a quick update on the state of the podcast.  Some of you may know that Springfield, MO was hit with a really bad ice storm on the weekend of January 12-14.  This storm knocked out power to the vast majority of Springfield.  Lonnie was without power for a couple of days, but thankfully he wasn’t out for very long.  I, on the other hand, was without power for almost 10 days.  My family stayed with my parents until Saturday night when they also lost power.  So my family ended up at Lonnie’s house Saturday and Sunday night, until we thankfully got our power turned back on on Monday.

Several thousand people in Springfield are still without power, and there are many, many more without power in the outlying areas.  Lonnie is currently without internet access (although he can get on the net at work).  The good news is that we recorded episode 71 on Saturday.  The bad news is that we had to record over at Lonnie’s house, and he currently has the episode, but his ability to upload it is limited since he is without internet access at his house. 

Thanks for being patient with us on this.  Episode 71 is another voicemail episode.  This is because we had previously downloaded copies of the voicemails, but unfortunately we had no way of getting online to check our current emails, put together show notes, check the forums, or research any new Frugal Gamers or Features.  I have to say, this was a good batch of voicemails, with a lot of good ideas for future shows and several good comments on previous episodes.

Since I have power and internet back, this coming week’s episode should be more back on track.  I apologize for the inconvenience.