Have a good break Eric! We will miss you!

See ya. Hope everything's okay.

Thanks, Rachel. I'll be lurking around. ;-)

Jim, thanks for your concern, but it's as simple as needing a break. This sort of quality bloggage is harder than it looks!

I can't believe the others are not screaming. A BREAK?! Arghhh!!!

But for your sake, I wish you a rejuvenating well-deserved break. And we will all miss you while you're gone.

Come back real soon. :-)

Enjoy the break! I'm stuck trying out the company's short-term disability program, so I'm getting one, too.

Gwynne, your feigned concern is touching, but I know we're entering tax season and you won't even know what day it is, much less who's uploading content free posts. 8-)

Kelly, I think I'd rather be on a voluntary break, and just from blogging. Yours sounds potentially uncomfortable.

Happy trails, ma brutha.

Enjoy the break, though I will miss your content-free goodness. Just make sure you come back! People who go on breaks have this distressing tendency to make them permanent. That will just not do.

Eric, enjoy the break from the virtual world ... don't forget a "300" matinee in the actual world, around the first of March ...

Thanks, Foo. And speaking of happy trails, I got my registration form for the Easter Hill Country Tour today. You guys ought to go...

Beth, I have too much invested in Fire Ant coasters and mugs to quit!

Got it on my calendar, Jeff.

Hey! you'd better be back in time for my birthday on the fifth of March! Have Abbye in her party hat for the celebration :)

Have a great hiatus, Eric! We'll miss you, my friend!

BTW, I referred you the other day to design a website...

Patti, I wouldn't miss it for the world! I may even be back before the first of the month, but definitely on March 1. I can't guarantee that Abbye will consent to appear in a hat, however. She's funny that way.

Thanks, Janie -- twice! ;-)

A little R & R is good for soul.

Deborah, that's true, and a portion of my time away will fall into that category. But, to tell the truth, the rest of it is because work demands are sapping my already minuscule reservoir of creativity.