Holiday randomness

In these last two weeks of the year (pause to wonder where the hell 2009 went) blogging will be scarce. You can still see some occasional daily mutterings from me on Twitter , if you're so inclined, because that doesn't require complete sentences. In fact, most of the time, complete sentences are prohibited on Twitter ;-). December is a big birthday month in my family, plus of course there's the holiday, and on the 19th, it's my wedding anniversary. Gifts need to be procured for all these...