Hey, I've taken two or three weeks off on the blogging plenty of times, and I never heard a word about it. This time, I got lots of emails complaining about the lack of posts. Either I've been doing something right on the blog recently, or you guys have just gotten awfully starved for "entertainment."
I was out in the wilds of Wyoming, communing with nature, tracking a pack of wolves, trekking through forests and over mountains, and sampling both micro- and macro-brews. One thing I noticed in the national parks is what beautiful job the Dagburn Fed'ral Gov'mint does in maintaining and operating these places. These parks are overrun with tourists, yet everything runs not only efficiently, but with a wonderful balance between preservation and use. Even the aesthetics — from the architecture right down the the font on the signs — are pitch perfect, and done in a way and on a scale I don't think I've ever seen private enterprise match.
Anyway, here are links to the last two comics:
and Louis!