Gosh, you take a well-deserved coupla daze of vacay -- and get clobbered for it in the comments thread. I may appear to be a grizzled, old blogmeister with 4-inch journo rino skin, but deep down inside I'm ... a grizzled, old blogmeister with 4-inch journo skin. So I'll ignore your whining and propensity to be baited into discussions about cats in my absence -- and post today's Wild Card ...