Back from New Zealand

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, and my vacation to New Zealand is now just a memory and a bunch of digital pics that still have to be organized. I had not looked at the news for almost three weeks. That's partly because I didn't want to and partly because the newspapers in New Zealand are really just cheap versions of Sports Illustrated.

Consequently, it's going to take me awhile to get back up to a full head of steam. I haven't even fully digested the little news I've picked up since I returned -- Smuckers has a patent on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, your tax preparer can sell your tax returns to the highest bidder, Rove is optimistic, Bush says Iraq is not in a civil war ...

In any event, it appears my co-bloggers have done a great job keeping things going here at Scatablog, so I'll look forward to reading their posts while I get back up to speed.