I ban Steve every day when he's at work
at his request. Just go to the user list, click on the user, go to management, go all the way down to the bottom, and click "No" for the "Active User" section. It's not permanent, restricts access to the boards, and is reversible in about 1 second.
All that said, I don't like this trend of people asking to be pretty much permanently banned. The thread I started was a complete joke - wasn't going to ban anyone, especially cause I didn't think anyone would take me seriously, and now it seems this banning thing is turning epidemic
I mean, I needed some time off from the boards this week, and I took it - no problem. Asking to be banned seems so... dramatic.