Maybe he’s sick of blogging.

Maybe he’s off rendezvousing with Anne Schroeder.

Or maybe he just couldn’t take Big Head DC’s relentless teasing re: his wacky mom.

Whatever it is, Wonkette editor Alex Pareene is on an extended stay in his home state of Minnesota today, and he’s chosen a local blogger known as “Princess Sparkle Pony” (we kid you not) to bat some snark in his absence. The horse has ridden this road before, so we’re sure the blog is in capable hands. Still, let’s hope “her” odd obsession with Condi Rice doesn’t run amok. We know, we know, anything’s got to be better than Pareene, but at least he gives us a pale target to ridicule.

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