Dan Froomkin takes a vacation

I read washingtonpost.com's White House Briefing nearly every day, which seems like about six months out of the year with all the vacation time this guy takes. So I'm going to start documenting every time Dan Froomkin takes a week off. For the record, this one's looking like April 13 to 20.

My over/under is ten weeks per year. We'll see.

UPDATE: His last column was actually posted on Tuesday, April 11. I take that to mean he submitted it by 8:30 or 9 that morning. So it's over a week -- seven business days off if you include Tuesday.

And just to be clear, I enjoy Dan's column. I just wish he'd have a fill-in to help, or that he'd take a couple weeks off every year like the rest of us. Otherwise, what's the point of the sometimes-when-I-feel-like-it column?

Memorial Day (Week) UPDATE:
Looks like May 26 - June 1 weren't good for our favorite aggregator. Put him down for another four days off, on top of the Monday we all had off.

UPDATE: Friday, June 9. Too nice out? No Froomkin.

UPDATE: Labor Day weekend. Two and a half months to the midterms, with control of Congress in play and a war on the line. See you next WEDNESDAY. Six more workdays off for Froomkin, plus the bonus Monday, plus the day after that for barbecue recovery.

UPDATE: I know, I know. I've been remiss. Tuesday, December 12. Not even a note on Monday that he'd be out, and no explanation the day after. That's what we call the old 'no call, no show' in the land of work. I should probably admit here that I just took a week off myself. I mean, it was my first vacation in four years, but still....

UPDATE: Thursday / Friday: December 21, December 22. (December 20 ran a best-of-2006 column, which was almost definitely edited in advance, but I'll give him partial credit.)

UPDATE: Tuesday, Dec. 26 - Friday, Dec. 29. Four more days, and Christmas, and New Year's. (I have to admit, I'm feeling pretty well-rested after some holiday slacking myself.)

That's 32 days so far that I've noted. And I've probably missed a couple. So figure 6 weeks off, not including every single holiday the rest of us get off. And that's only since mid-April. Three and a half months to the finish line. My 10 weeks over/under may still hold.

UPDATE: Tuesday, January 2nd. You just took half of December off.

UPDATE: Thursday and Friday, January 25 and 26. He had pneumonia, which is valid. But sorry, it still makes the list.

UPDATE: Only eleven days or so until the one-year deadline, and Dan comes up big with Friday, Monday, and Tuesday off. Enjoy your five-day weekend, dude. Crack one for me while you're at it. 38 days so far. A little disappointing.