Due to circumstances which were entirely in my control there will be no real program notes today. I apologize to those talk show hosts out there who rely on my research and hard work every day ….but some days you gotta go it on your own.

By the way … there won’t be any extensive notes next week either.  I’m on vacation … a well-earned one, I might add.   But … usually I can’t resist …and I will drop some insensitive thoughts on your from time to time in this space, and you can always see what I’m up to on Twitter (@talkmaster). Erick Erickson will be filling in a couple of days to keep you up to date. Monday at 9am and noon ET we have a special Neal Boortz: Life Coach. It's full of fatherly advice for some of our younger listeners.