I will be leaving California.

I know this may come as a shock, but nothing remains the same forever.

But rather than move lock, stock, and barrel to Tortola, I have decided to fly to Ireland.

This will happen in late August. I will change my mind about the whole thing somewhere close to the end of August and return to California, at least temporarily, by the first of September.

Then I will be a California flip-flopper, and will wear purple California flip-flops. ANd while I am on the subject, let me add that flip-flops spelled backwards is still spolf-pilf. I am the world's leading expert on spolf-pilf, and have contributed several important improvements to human understanding of the subject.