Some of you may recall that in October 2004 I had surgery on my left hand to correct a progressive condition that was causing me not to be able to straighten some of my fingers. This coming Friday I am having the same thing done to my right hand. I will only be out the one day, but it remains to be seen how much I will be able to do with my right hand for at least a couple of weeks afterwards. In other words, I probably won't be typing War and Peace next week, nor will I be doing a serious WPX CW entry this weekend.