Not surfacing socially until 18th October

Work is very busy, and I'm going on holiday from Friday. I'm going to be working til work is finished, between now and then. and I'll be out of the country for a week after then. There'll be the occasional glib criticism of American society while I'm over there, but until I get back (hopefully with photos and things) the site will look pretty much like this. Why I bother to apologise in advance I don't know, I don't think my readership is rivalling the Sun quite yet. But if you do check this site regularly, firstly, how come you never say hi? And secondly, there'll be nothing new here til 18th October.