Socks, Six-Sigma and Salvation (Army)

I disappeared from these pages (or rather, from these pixels) for a couple of weeks. Given the time of year, you might have guessed—if you noticed at all—I was on a summer vaca.

Nothing of the sort.

• A dedicated grad student, I was writing my finals.
• A devoted husband, I attended my wife’s week-long series of graduation parties.
• A consummate American-dreamer, I was moving from one home to another.