Well Self,

we spent Christmas alone this year. Wife's family had some bad medical problems and she and my son went to New York City, we opted to stay home for the holiday. They and I don't get along too well and rather than get blamed for their heart attacks or hemorroids, I kept my little self here. Kinda difficult but I survived. Did a lot of exercising---lifting my brandy glass got too strenuous so I went into the pantry and plowed the fields with Johnny Walker Black. I really am tired. Yes, he did, said Self, "That old man's a hard belter when he ties one on---gets so stiff that a chainsaw couldn't castrate him." Oh, SHUT UP, BLABBERMOUTH!

See you folks in the spring!

Teufellj...