No, I’m not kidding.   I am taking a vacation for a week.   And I am, indeed, going to Pismo.

The non-Californios among you may think that Pismo Beach was a joke made up by Warner Brothers as an adjunct to “Anaheim, Azusa and Cu-camonga,” but I assure you it is a real place, and wonderfully picturesque, quiet, historical and beautiful.  Up until Malibu began to be fashionable, it was THE place for California Beach culture.  And it still has a very respectable tourist draw, especially in the Summer months.  (And, BTW, Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga are also real places I’ve been to.)

I need a break.  And nine days in a row starting tomorrow, I am taking it.  I will not be updating the comic for at least a week, maybe more.

BUT -

I will, before I go, give you all a little present.  Not saying what it is, but the usual Tuesday update will be something else, and I hope you enjoy it.  Meantime, I will be taking my laptop with my broadband modem and I will from time to time answer or post or generally drunkenly type some random shit that you can blackmail me with in my twilight years.  I mean, I plan to die rich, but right now I am so far in debt that I would laugh in the face of anyone who tried to squeeze a dime out of me.

Anyway, I haven’t had a proper vacation since the England trip in `07 (which is one of the reasons I’m still so badly in debt)  and so I am getting away from the pager, the endless trouble tickets from IBM and Singapore and all and am going to sleep until noon with the sound of waves and sea breezes nearby.

Love to you all!

JED