Taking a weekend vacation

I'll be more or less out of the loop this weekend, due to some family things in another state. (That's one of the downsides to living in Hawaii. Any out-of-state travel requires a minimum of 10 hours in the air roundtrip.) I'm hoping to have a few things go up on the blog while I'm away, but comments and trackbacks might not appear immediately - some get held up for approval by the moderation system.

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