Ben is taking a break

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Good morning, readers!

Our friend Ben is couch-potatoing for awhile. He wants to learn about real news, fake news, kids' programming, "adult" programming, marketing, management, game shows, home-shopping, American cinema, and how the world laughs with us when we laugh. He's also updating his diary.

Ben has a lot to say, but sometimes it requires a trip to Colonial Williamsburg for Jas, Trevor, and Warren to interpret. So for the foreseeable future, we will be back to random blog observations from The Urban Blabbermouth and Vol-E, who are never at a loss for observations, even if Ben would read them and look at us askance over the tops of his bifocals.

When Ben returns from his fact-finding mission, I'll post the announcement in big letters with an eye-catching graphic.

Meanwhile, thanks for reading...everything.

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