You know, for a bunch of people who were chastising the French for going on their habitual month-long August vacations in time to let thousands of the elderly die of heat-related conditions, the blogsphere is remarkably quick to go on weeks-long vacations this time of year. A good half of my blogroll was, is, or is just coming off of, some kind of August break or "vacation". It isn't as if there's an actual "dog days of summer" this year - there's news all over the goddamn place.

Vacations are for Europeans. Be American, damnit! Working yourself to death is the American Way. Well, since the Japanese imploded, anyways...