Hello my beloved readers!

Your humble blogger has missed you terribly, and my typical musings which would find their way to this most humble of blogs have been trapped inside me instead of late.

Although the plan is to make a glorious return and start polluting your inboxes in 2019, I could not resist the urge to come back just briefly and wish you all a very merry Christmas.

May your trees be merciful and sparing to your carpets, may your unwanted gifts be easy to return, and, for my Jewish readers, may the Chinese food not make you hungry again an hour later.

From the bottom of my cold, dark, defense-attorney heart, Merry Christmas, one and all!