He announced his absence somewhere in the elections board. I'll look it up.
EDIT: Here. He's sick, so get well soon, Barnes.
Mr. Vice President, PPT, Dean...who ever's in charge around here:
I'll be online pretty spairingly over the next few days. I've been sick for about two weeks, and it turns out I've gotten worse, so I really need to concentrate on getting well.
Thanks
EDIT AGAIN: Well, that post is a few days before he came back and was active for a stretch. He does have a legitimate excuse, though.