Merry Christmas, Nuke!

Nuclear Buffalo just left a comment in my prior thread offering me a "Merry Christmas", and I thought it only right to put up a post a little more seasonal than the economic catastrophe we're all facing. And Nuclear Buffalo is a perfect example of someone this blog has made me glad to know - a guy who I never would have met without the blog, and with whom I'm still far from close friends, but someone I can look forward to having a friendly beer and conversation with in the coming year.

In a few minutes, we'll wake up the children who, a few short years ago, would have been waking us up before the crack of dawn. I'm a lucky, lucky man.

Peace, friends, commenters, readers, and all.