I'll just toss out this chart, then I'll say something unrelated….

OK, so the next three days are going to be rather unusual, because I'll be traveling. In-the-know Slopers know what a powerful “indicator” my traveling can be, so trade accordingly.

The most important point is that I won't be wet-nursing the blog to the extend I normally do. Outside contributors, I'd like to particularly encourage you to add posts. For everyone else, don't worry if some posts seem to be getting old and accumulating a huge number of comments. There will be times, particularly this weekend, where I'll be able to catch up.

Things will be back to normal, such as they are, by Monday.