Hey, John Robb says that Dave Winer will be in the hospital for about a week--explaining his two day absence from Scripting News. Here's hoping that Dave gets well quickly.

One more night before I get home. I drove a hard nine hours today from my parents' place in Asheville NC to my grandfather's in Leola, PA. Pop-pop is much better mentally, though still having some minor hand tremors and a severe "tilt" toward his right side when he walks. My uncle and aunt were here as well, and we spent a good part of the evening talking through the genealogy. I showed Uncle John some of my Scheaffer research that I had done last time, and we argued about which Benedict Brackbill was which. All good fun.