Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year everyone!

A sensational, salubrious, summer solstice if you're in the southern hemisphere and a wonderfully warmfuzzy winter solstice if you're in the northern hemisphere (you know, the one that's going to freeze over the day after tomorrow...)

** May I also take this opportunity to say please accept with no obligation
implied or implicit my best wishes for an environmentally conscious,
socially responsible low stress nonaddictive gender neutral celebration
of the summer holiday practiced within the most enjoyable traditions
of the religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect
for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others or their
choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful personally fulfilling and
medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally
accepted calendar year 2005 but not without due respect for the
calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society
have helped make Australia great (not to imply that Australia is
necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "Australia"
in the western hemisphere) and without regard to the race creed
colour age physical ability religious faith or sexual preference of
the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This
greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no
promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for
her/himself or others and is void where prohibited by law and is
revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted
to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for
a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday
greeting whichever comes first and warranty is limited to replacement
of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher...

** Pinched from a message by Bear, posted in a usenet newsgroup somewhere out there in cyberspace where no one can hear you scream...

All the very best to all of you (you deserve it for reading this blog.)