Why have I been neglecting my blog? There’s a good explanation. Trust me.

The past few days — ever since Friday afternoon, actually — I’ve been building and then writing for Heritage’s Omnibusting blog. I apologize for not letting my readers know in advance, but with so much to do and so little time to do it, I dropped the ball.

The good news is that the Omnibusting experiment is turning out to be a great success. We launched Omnibusting with the goal of shining sunlight on the awful omnibus spending bill that Democrats introduced in the wee hours of Monday morning. We have a great team at Heritage combing through the bill and collecting tips from our allies on Capitol Hill and in the conservative movement.

The blog itself is nothing fancy — just a WordPress-powered site with a standard theme that I customized for our purposes. But it’s been much more popular than I ever imagined, drawing links from high-trafficked blogs such as Instapundit, The Corner, Townhall, Michelle Malkin, Captain’s Quarters, Reason and Ace of Spades. Jackie Kucinich of The Hill even included it in a story.

Of course, if only we had more time to dig through the bill, then maybe we’d have a chance at scuttling it.

UPDATE — 5:57 p.m.: I can’t believe I forgot to mention the coolest things we’ve done at Heritage for the omnibus. With the help of Rob Neppell of Porkbuster, we’re featuring a searchable and linkable version of the bill. Because the House made it available only as a PDF, Rob’s handiwork gives bloggers the ability to link to specific pages.