August in Washington - Well, if Drew can take the month off, then I figure I can resist daily blogging for the next 10 days of so. Jamie and I are off to the ABA Convention in San Francisco, then will take an extra 5 days or so to visit friends in southern California. It will be my first time back in SoCal since 1991, and I'm looking forward to it. If nothing else, it will be so nice to bask in the pro-gay lifestyle and political environment that is enlightened California? Maybe I'll check in if the spirit moves me, but until then -- hey Ben, how about picking up my slack?