“Hey, why no posting for three days?!”

Well, let Inigo tell the tale here:

Yeeeeeeah. That was…a weekend. Friday was busy wrapping up stuff at work so I could enjoy a three-day weekend. Saturday we went to the Sterling Renaissance Festival, where much fun was had and many photos were taken, none of which have been edited yet. And Sunday was when…news happened. And yes, I have opinions and thoughts…but I’m still off today and I’m still in a state of Very Taxed Brain and I suspect that won’t start to finally abate until I finally get a full eight days’ vacation in early August. For various reasons I have had to go all the way from last Christmas to the second week of August without any vacation beyond a handful of three-day weekends, and one thing I know without doubt is that I am not made to go that long without vacation. So, my brain is an increasing state of steam-driving cog gears trying to muscle a train uphill in a fog.

And then, news happens. Processing the events of yesterday is a work-in-progress. I was going to write something about Aaron Sorkin, who showed up with a deeply weird op-ed yesterday, and maybe I still will at some point, but then about halfway through the day news happened.

So anyway…yeah, I took a few days off and then when I started thinking I should write, the world put my brain back in the scrambler. Anyway, how are you?

[A disclaimer: I feel that I should note that my long period without vacation time is in no way to be attributed to a fault of my employer! I had plenty of time but personal events last year, mostly pertaining to my parents’ health and Mom’s eventual passing, demanded the burning of most of it in pretty short order. It happens. Sadly, my date at which my vacation time renews isn’t until July 30.]