TBH I'm somewhat out of the loop myself. Not last Christmas but the one before I was in a bad way. I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and yes, almost bought the farm. But now full of piss and vinegar , when we last shot the breeze I was living in so.cal. but my brother came out to Los Angeles last spring , packed up my belongings and moved me back to Northern New York to help me mend. Initially my right arm and leg had decided they preferred being on my left side and for now we are still in negotiations.
As far as the skeptics I'd rather not put people into groups but I haven't heard from pixelsmith. in a long time probably the most skeptical person we have now is a pretty cool guy that goes by the name of
@Creepy Green Light he knows his stuff we really throws out some good arguments . Lastly Don's got his show going( it may have moved since you last was aware of it and I believe this weekend he's got Lance on it.