Gone, Gone, Gone

You love vacation this much, too?

Glad Dad - illustration by Peter Arkle.

Bonnes Vacances To Us; Hello To People Looking In From Yahoo's Shine

Long time no blog. Part I was summer fuzzbrain, segueing straight into panic and nutso trip prep and now - TahDah! -- out of the Unsuburb, out of pocket, out of country with Minerva and Girl Child.

Posts from away, if the spirit moves. Otherwise back stronger than ever week after next.

Loyal readers, I love you.

Meanwhile, a Pater fix over at my other web home the Parenting Channel of Yahoo's terrific Shine. Huge volume of readers posting their answers to Parenting's Forbidden Question - Would You Be Happier Without Kids? Readers, thinkers, writers are the Shiniacs.

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