Atherton, Calif. - Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular blog focused on Internet products and companies, said on Wednesday that he plans to take off most of February to reassess his future following an incident on Tuesday in which someone deliberately spat in his face at an event in Germany. "In the past I've been grabbed, pulled, shoved and otherwise abused at events, but never spat on," wrote Arrington in a blog post.