The last gift (and the only one ordered from an online vendor, albeit by phone at that) arrived today. That's pretty good, considering that I only ordered it yesterday and the manufacturer (from whom it was going to be dropshipped) was closed yesterday for their annual holiday party. Luckily for me (and my brother-in-law) the vendor I'd called was a rather big customer, and the president of the manufacturer happened to talk to his secretary and felt like doing somebody a favor, so he went by FedEx on his way home. So, here's kudos and thanks to Neil at Golden Eyes and the folks at AO Sunwear, who don't seem to have a web site.

So now that the gifts are all here and packed, I'm off to Holland again for another couple weeks. Don't expect any updates until next year.

Have a happy non-denominational winter holiday and a non-threatening new year.

link (21 dec)