I'm Back! What'd I Miss?

I've returned from my vacation... What did I miss? Have there been any great posts you enjoyed (or wrote!) in the last week or so that I should check out? Any memes going around? Controversies? I'll browse through the carnivals to help catch some good posts, but recommendations are great, too... there's so much that gets written, and so hard to fully catch up!

This was my second week-long vacation of the summer, and it was great. (I'm enjoying the bump from 10 to 15 vacation days after my two-year anniversary at my job!) I don't have much time to settle in at home, since I'm traveling for work this week, but I should have some internet time while on the road, so I won't just disappear again.