I am Such a Tard.
I have been non-blogging as a retributive sulk against three commentless posts in a row, one of which I put quite a lot of time into. I seem to have forgotten that I enabled the "comment moderation function" which forces the administrator to preview comments before they get displayed on the blog, hence none of your comments appearing. My apologies.
As my brother Andrew said, "No, long-term consumption of alcohol doesn't hurt your brain at all."