Well, folks. We just discovered that here in the states, this is Memorial Day weekend. We found that out because lots of folks were asking us today what we’re doing over Memorial Day weekend and we kept saying, “Dunno, when is it?” Apparently, lots of you are taking two and even three days off from work (uh, what’s that mean?). So, in honor of you slackers, we’re holding off the 5/28 issues of our Weekly Update mailing until Tuesday. We’ll probably start the mailing Monday night, which will get it into your hot little hands Tuesday morning.

For those of you outside the U.S., Memorial Day is supposed to be the day we mourn our war dead. It also usually turns out to be a nice spring day and has become a day we drink much beer and carbonated soda water and eat much burger. This Memorial Day is strange for us, because the current United States government, our current administration, and even major media outlets frown on us acknowledging that more than 700 brave Americans have died fighting in Iraq and many more than 5,000 Iraqis died in this ill-fated war as well. But, in the new Patriotic America, it’s not entirely patriotic to discuss such things, so we haven’t here, now have we?

To those of our friends fighting in far flung places across the planet, and to their families and friends, our hearts and minds and best wishes are with you all. Come home safe, OK? [–DG and the editors at ZATZ Publishing]