Gone fishin'

Your proprieter of back-room musings is going on a much-needed vacation and will be back after the July 4 hoardes have dispersed. You'll have to check the other Philly blogs (see PhillyFuture's aggregator) and newspapers yourself for a while, or enjoy this host of links for intellectual stimulation and time-wasting while I'm gone...

(p.s.) Feel free to use this as an open thread for alerting me to any major developments while I'm away, so I get back up to speed ASAP on July 5. Thanks!