A few years ago I decided that I would not write a blog on Fridays unless something big was happening. Instead I was using it as my notes for the development of our textbook, which you will pleased (or not) to know is nearing completion and should be published before year’s end. This year I have been using the Friday spot for on-going development of my Europe book, which is in the final stages of editing. So today I decided that I could use all my time for that latter task and the product of that editing is not of ‘blog interest’. Therefore, a blog lay day. Although I have been studying all the documents surrounding the Argentinean debt saga, which would have made a nice story today. The Argies have the vultures licked and I hope they know that!