Merry Christmas!

I probably won't have time to post tomorrow, and I have a few minutes, so I guess I'll say it now. You can read the title... ;)

About 2,000 years ago, in a small village in the heart of a troubled nation under occupation by a foreign power, in an out-of-the-way stable that stank of animals and hay...the miracle of life came to a mother and her husband, so that the whole world could receive that same miracle at the hands of the child who was born and laid to rest in a manger. And when it happened, the angels sang "Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace to men, on whom his favour rests." And so they sing still, in the midst of global unrest, poverty, and hunger. "Peace On Earth."

All the best of the holiday's greetings to you and yours in this truly wonderful season of Christmas.

Be seeing you,
Steven

Time Magazine's Person of The Year...

Every year, Time Magazine has selected one person who "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year." Former titleholders include Richard Nixon, Joseph Stalin (twice), George W. Bush (also twice), and Adolf Hitler (the one time, I'm afraid. Also, I'm sure some nice guys have been picked, but everybody already knows they've been picked). Time has announced their pick for the AD 2006. And it's....

YOU

Yes, you. And me. And everyone else on the planet. Because we just haven't done enough the past 6,000 years or so. But now we're getting noticed. Now we can join the ranks of such great individuals as those above--and many more besides. So give yourself a pat on the back, treat yourself to an eggnog. And be sure and thank all the little people you stepped on to make it (while they're up on the podium with you).

Be seeing you,
Steven

P.S. If you'd like to learn more about the "Time's Person of The Year" tradition, you may do so here.