I'm going to be taking a few days off to spend with my family. We'll be taking off later today to fly to Portland to spend the week with my parents and various other members of the Kuffner clan. Since the last time we did this I got in some trouble for spending a bit too much of that time on my parents' computer, I'm going to do something I've never done before in 3.5 years of running this blog - I'm going to hand things over to guest posters for the duration.

I've assembled a diverse and interesting crew to guest star for me for the week. They are:

Hope Morrison

Greg Wythe

HellieMae

Michael Croft

Ginger Stampley

Julia

Jim Dallas

Plus friends and semi-regular commenters Matt Cohen and Elizabeth Benedetto.

Now I know what you're thinking: "Geez, Kuff, nine guest bloggers?" All I can say is that if I can wail and gnash my teeth about picking ten favorite blogs to read, I can't be expected to name one or two guest hosts and quit there. They'll be posting on their schedule and as their interests compel them, and overall I figure there'll be about the usual amount of stuff here.

I'll leave it to each of them to say a word about themselves as they see fit. I may pop up from time to time during the week, but in any event I'll be back on Friday the 8th. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July, and be nice to the people who'll be caring for this place in my absence.