Well, if you're tired of being jolly, you <I>could</I> go see <I>No Country For Old Men</I>, which will counteract any amount of Whooville saccharine. John Patterson has a <A HREF="http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2230352,00.html"… time</A> with the Coen brothers.
To see the big picture, go to <A HREF="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071225.html">Astronomy Picture of the Day</A>.
The Beeb censored Shane MacGowan's "Fairytale of New York" for its use of a slur.
Sam Leith <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=2CF13YVN1JHF5Q…; that Auntie mistook a slur for a swear-word—an unforgivable sin in the maidenly world of journalism.
If you're tired of talking to your relatives during this festive season, may I suggest you watch <A HREF="http://www.stardustmovie.com/"><I>Stardust</I></A> together? It came out on DVD last week and <I>The Wire</I> doesn't resume broadcast until January 6. Best of all—almost nobody in your family has seen it—unless I've hectored them into seeing it.
That'll cure what ails ya! Angela Hartnett says <A HREF="http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2231196,00.html">real comfort food</A> is the way to recharge that candle you've been burning at both ends.
Confused about widescreen aspect ratios? I certainly am.<A HREF="http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/lobby.htm">Widescreen Museum</A> sets us straight.
MTV published an end of the year review of the music business on December 17, "<A HREF="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1576538/20071214/madonna.jhtml?src=rss… Ditches Label, Radiohead Go Renegade: The Year The Music Industry Broke.</A>" Month by month, it's a litany of bad tidings for the biz, from January 14, 2007, the day the <I>Dreamgirls</I> soundtrack hit number 1 on <I>Billboard</I>'s pop charts with a scant 60,000 copies sold (lowest #1 ever) through December 3, 2007's announcements that Def Jam and EMI were laying off employees and Warner Music Group would cut executive bonuses (<I>awww</I>).
We received word December 21 that Ultralink/XLO Products executive vice-president Don Bouchard was injured in a "serious motorcycle accident in Texas." Bouchard is currently recovering in a Houston hospital, surrounded by his family, close friends, and business associates. Knowing Don, we're sure that's a packed hospital room.
Indexes may be at the back of the book, but a good one can be the difference between a good book and a great one. Enid Stubin <A HREF="http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/735">remembers</A> her stint at the Sydney Wolfe Cohen Associates indexing service.
Huckleberry tries to pull the rug over me ... er, him.