Your columnist/blogger is on furlough/vacation from today through March 4. (These are tough times — but you knew that already.)

I’ll have columns this Sunday, next Wednesday and next Sunday, skipping the next two Fridays. Seemed better to space ’em out. I’ll be back in the office Monday, March 7 and blog posts will resume that day.

Until then, enjoy the break (I will — I’m taking a trip) and feel free to explore the blog, or catch up on past columns here.