Okay, here’s my agenda. On Sunday I go to the Democratic Convention. By the time I get back the wife, baby and dog will be moved out of our house. Sounds like a country music song I know, but in reality we’re evacuating our house because it’s going to be renovated. The frustrating part is we don’t know where we’re going to live — for up to a year. When I return from the convention, I will pick up the family and we all drive cross-country for the month of August and into September. Cosmo and I will stay in the pacific northwest – with another sister-in-law – while the Fair Jessica and Lucy go to Alaska for a while. I will remain behind to panic about finishing the book. Then at the end of August, I fly back to DC for a conference, then to NYC for the GOP convention, then back to the San Juan Islands. Collect dog, baby, wife and drive back to the East Coast where I will hide in an undisclosed location to finish book before deadline while Jessica looks for a place for us to stay. All the while, I will be trying to meet my quota of G-Files, syndicated columns, London Times columns, CNN appearances and so on.

Some requests and points:

1. Yes, we are aware of the craziness and stupidity involved in various and sundry aspects of all this, including the driving of baby and dog cross-country.
2. I am stunned and Jessica is scandalized by the anti-dog bigotry in the housing and apartment rental market in the greater DC area. More – much more – on that to come.
3. If anyone knows how to find wi-fi hotspots along the major interstates, let me know.
4. In the past I’ve asked for recommendations on food and sights to see before such trips. This year that is largely unnecessary because we really aren’t driving across country as tourists.
5. If anybody hears about house-rental/house-sitting gigs in the DC area starting in September, lemme know.
6. Expect my Corner posting to be odd, erratic and ill-timed.
Update: Item six has prompted an avalanche of wise-ass remarks — “what else is new?” etc. I will have you people know that my Corner posts are normally very well-timed.