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I've had it. Between you vicious commenters and my cold, ruthless overlord, I'm near my breaking point. So Mr. Valleywag and I are headed west for a week on an abruptly scheduled vacation. (What's west of San Francisco? I'll leave that to the geographers among you.) I'm leaving the site in the hands of my former Business 2.0 colleague Evelyn Nussenbaum, pictured here. What really gives me hopes that Evelyn will make it through the week is not her experience at the deuce, as valuable as that is. No, it's the fact that she spent three years at the New York Post, back to back with the Page Six crew. If she can work for Rupert Murdoch, she'll manage just fine. Tip your guest editor!