Your writer wanted to get away, and he did. Regardless of how things were going to go, the chips fell where they did. I'm just glad for some time off. Now, I'll get to the positive things first.

And it's been one hell of a week!

Here are some of the events I did experience: In Tulsa, Oklahoma, you always run into some good food, and this time around didn't disappoint one iota. Had some great chicken-fried steak and other things at the...