I've been myself lately.

The Ego has been busy dealing with all sorts of serious, real world stuff of late. In order to properly deal with this stuff, he's been trying to cut down on distractions and things that eat up large quantities of precious time. As a result, there has been very little time available for the Alter Ego to hang out with the other brains-in-vats he has come to know and love. We expect that this state of affairs is likely to continue for some time.