I know some of you guys have a real problem with ET, but I've found him to be intelligent, opinionated with a superior sense of humor.

It is likely that the mother-ship returned from his home planet of Zargon for a bi-yearly (there years, not ours) report. As soon as they turn off the cloaking device, they will be able to transport him back to our planet's surface to resume posting here on R/C U. (I don't think they can maintain a reliable high bandwidth connection at super-luminal velocities!)