I've been trying to rest for a few days. It's not a vacation, but just a break from the insane pace that is known as the blogosphere. I still have to keep an eye on the pulse of things, but for the first time I started watching a full soccer tournament, Euro 2008. We have a great international readership on C&L---so if you're a "lurker" and a soccer fan, please say Hi.

I'm rooting for the Italians of course and I'm finally starting to understand the game a little bit. The ESPN announcers aren't too bad as far as I can tell. I don't know how those athletes run up and down the "pitch" like they do for 90 minutes....