Kate and I went out to Michigan this past weekend, to unwind a bit at the summer home of some friends from college. It was an Internet-less weekend for me-- there was Internet access at the house, but I fought through the incipient datastarve, and resisted the temptation to log in. (This means that a handful of comments to posts from last week were trapped in moderation for a few days, and I apologize for that... I've shaken them all loose now.)
Anyway, I came back to close to 1000 new posts in my Bloglines feeds, and dealt with them in the usual manner: I hit "Mark All Read," and started over with a clean slate.
So, anyway, did anything critically important happen while I was gone? If there were posts or news items since about 10PM last Thursday that I really shouldn't miss, leave a pointer in the comments.
Regular blogging will resume tomorrow.
If the weather was anything like it was a few weeks ago when I was in Michigan, you didn't miss anything!
I've started writing a highly verbose series of articles about physics jobs, motivated by some past discussions here and elsewhere, but it will be a work in progress for a few weeks.
Word from up north is the "Dirty Jobs" program will be painting the Mackinac Bridge on August 7.
An addition to your "Lying with Statistics" repertoire:
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2007/07/yet-again-tax-…
The Toronto Raptors signed Kapono to some obscene contract. Note to the kids out there: grow up to be a 6'8 shooter with no other skills, and you too will pull in the cashola.