Hey, I remember Northstar from Alpha Flight - goodlooking go fast Canadian, yes? And he came out some time after I stopped reading regularly as well? I'm so happy that you're thinking writing thoughts again, whatever the fandom!

Ouch about your eyes - and that pull between wanting to read and to rest them.

And I hear you about reading fewer paper books. I've mostly been reading litfic and non-fiction for so long that it was a revelation when I read a couple of Elizabeth Bear's novels and remembered how wonderful it is to read something which was written with entertainment as its prime objective. Something other than fanfic, I mean. *g*