It’s OK, Washington. We’ve spent most of the last week either hungover or staring down at the bathroom scale in tears, bearing witness to the aftermath of the steady string of holiday food orgies. We understand. We’ve been too busy to do much overhearing either.

It was a quiet week in the Overheard offices to start the new year. So quiet that we just don’t have enough submissions to field a viable column, so we’re going to take the week off. But now that you’ve had all that time off to relax, we expect great things of you next week. And yes, we know you heard that same line from your boss when you got back to work, and it was just as lame then.

So take your eyes off that scale and keep your ear to the ground, because really, you look fabulous! And we mean that! Send what you hear to overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com. Because it’s lonely here without you.

Photo by Flickr user keela84.