Make like Joe Lieberman and hit the road...

By the time you read this, I will have probably already embarked on my Great Rust Belt tour of 2006. It promises to be a grand adventure and, surely, I will return with scads of new dirty jokes and wacky anecdotes.

In the meantime, I've lined up a top-notch band of guest bloggers to keep you entertained while I'm gone. Treat them kindly. I'll be back babbling nonsense at you all in about a week or so...