He did mention he was going offline for awhile. I seem to think he was around at his parents (someone correct me if I'm wrong). He made a brief appearance on Messenger last week when me, Lamb and H had a bit of a chat with him. Fear not, he's coming back!
I think Lamb might well feel a tad jealous. After the last few weeks where my entire postgradforum diet has consisted of a million-and-one things you can do with lamb, I now have to think of pork to. I'll just have to make some space in the mint sauce cupboard for some apple sauce.