Ilkka, the owner of The Fourth Checkraise, has not posted since August 1.
Alan, the owner of Occam’s Carbuncle (no longer online) has not posted in more than a year.
I hope that both bloggers will once again take up their keyboards. I have missed their perceptive and wickedly entertaining commentaries.
Comments are enabled for this post, so that the bloggers in question (or someone who knows the whereabouts of either of them) can enlighten me.
UPDATE (09/06/10): Ilkka comments: “I’m on a break until I get the spark to write something good again.”

I’m on a break until I get the spark to write something good again.
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Enjoy your break. I posted only 3 times in Dec 2009, and not at all in Jan-Feb 2010. I have taken several breaks in my blogging “career,” but I’ve always been drawn back to blogging. I’m looking forward to your return.
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I miss him too.
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Excellent news. Welcome back. I hope you stay for a while.
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P.S. Occam’s Carbuncle can be found at http://occamscarbuncle.wordpress.com/.
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Alan is fine, he just gave up his political blog because he was tired of blogging. I am going to see if I can convince him to restart it.
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I wish you luck.
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