Ol' Case is blessed with five weeks of vacation time at his workplace. And I'm once again taking advantage, as six of those days will be taken at this juncture.

The time off began in earnest yesterday after work. Regardless of where I'm going, I'm just thankful to spend even just a few days exercising my First Amendment right to go wherever I want, whenever I want. I'll spend some of this time off in my brand-new, but slightly-used, car (aka The Shark ), with...