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We understand things can get confusing, especially under the loud pops of fireworks prevalent this time of year, but we're here to assure you that Mark's absence today has everything to do with a well-deserved break, and nothing to do with an assault-rifle assisted "reorganizing" of Gawker Media's California-based operations. After a day off of posting tomorrow, we'll have him back on Wednesday (we think), and with our newly harvested insights into the fragility of blogging life, we shall immediately tell him how much he means to us. Until then, we schlep through Monday alone.