I know, I’ve been MIA on several fronts. At least that’s what I keep hearing from my email. I’ve yet to respond on the liberaltarian round-robin I’ve started. Now Michael Ledeen says “we’re all fascists now” and I haven’t responded to all that chatter either. Meanwhile, I’ve been silent on the news that the stimulus bill provides a vital $140 million for volcano monitoring. I will get to all of it. I just had a surprisingly busy week and now, weekend. My daughter’s sixth birthday comes three days before Valentine’s Day (No, that won’t cause future suitors any headaches) and we’re up in NYC to see the Lion King today. Anyway, I have a hard time believing anyone’s President’s Day weekend was too badly hurt by my absence. Regardless, I’ll deal with it all, mañana.