EXCUSED ABSENCE? A responsible blogger would have told his readers he's vacationing on Sanibel Island (off the coast of Ft. Myers) for a week and, surrounded by his extended family, unlikely to spend much time online let alone blogging. Thus far it's been a very relaxing melange of naps, Red Wings playoffs games, Cubs games, crappy paperbacks, and water-related hijinks. I'm tan above the waist, burned below it. Sounds dirty, but it's really not that exciting. Forgot to lather my legs and feet, so I'm half bronzed-man, half lobster-man.