fpb | Merry Christmas, everyone

There is an earnest religious-themed essay I have been thinking of for a while, but I do not know whether I will be able to finish it any time soon. I would also like to post a translation of some rather sensational news from Jerusalem - apparently December 25 is very probably the real birthday - or close enough - of the historical Jesus son of Mary. But all these things may take time and goodwill, and my mother has an archaic dial-up service that is both incredibly slow and incredibly expensive (pay as you go - I saw through THAT trap six years ago, already). So I may post in the next few days, or I may not.

Meanwhile, however - I hope every one of you has as happy, fruitful and spiritually alive Christmas as possible. And as for what I feel about you and you and you and you (points finger at each individual friend), I'll just say that there is a reason why this page is titled "THANK GOD FOR THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE". Merry Christmas, everyone.