So here's the deal. For the first time in over two years your faithful Open Media Boston Editor/Publisher is traveling - in this case through the midwest over the next several days - on the closet thing to a vacation I've had in quite a long time. This fact, combined with the long Memorial Day weekend, means that we've got a light edition for you this week. However, we've got plenty of stuff in the pipeline over the coming weeks; so please maintain a state of catlike readiness until our next action-packed edition.

In the meantime, please let us know if you'd like me to write lots of Charles Kuralt-like misty-eyed romantic pablum about this land we call America as I travel through our "heartland" and eat all the pie I possibly can. If so, I'll do my level best to crank something out. If not, I won't. Either way, I'll be eating lots of pie. (Mmm, pie ...)

Here's wishing you all a pleasant weekend ... enjoy!

Jason Pramas is the Editor/Publisher/Pie Taster of Open Media Boston