Going away...

I've not been posting often. Frankly, I was dealing with my grandfather's death last week. I'm getting ready to go to Detroit for the funeral. I'll be gone the weekend, most likely. In fact, I leave tonight. So, to steal something from Mark Evanier, have some soup.
There's some news in the "once removed" link, or you can wander the "blarghosphere" with Instapundit, though I prefer Atrios, Joshua Marshall, and Brad DeLong. Also, check Nathan Newman and Matthew Yglesias, and Greg Beato. They're smarter than me.