I'm still alive...

But most of the time, I'm asleep.


Happy Hannukah to you all, and Happy Christmas too. We're having a quiet year, at home with a baby who meeps and a cat who eats ribbons, and a dog who loves everyone There is no money for presents, but I will make pecan pancakes for breakfast and we will drink a toast. There's no need for anything more than we've been given.


We will have Chinese food for both holidays, as everything collides this year. All at once. Fried. Egg rolls. General Tsao's. Chinese food and egg nog. As befits this most JewishyIrishy of homes in this most accomodating of calendar years. We will sing some songs and light some candles and think about miracles.


PS: GIFT is not a verb, goddammit!