About the header...
Category: Navel Gazing...
Posted Friday, December 30, 2005 at 08:36 AM [GMT-6]

I've received a number of imaginary questions and comments about the continuing presence of a Christmas-related header graphic on the Gazette, and given this widespread illusory show of concern I figured I ought to explain.

The tradition at our house is that the inside decorations can come down immediately after Christmas, but the outside decorations -- primarily lights -- stay up until New Year's Day. It's a long-standing tradition with roots sunk deep into the holy and mysterious need for electric utility company executives to max out their bonus parameters.

Anyway, it's debatable whether the Gazette's header falls into the category of "inside" or "outside" but I'm not taking any chances, so it stays up until January 1 or until I get around to changing it, whichever comes later.

In fact, I may just run the thing until those stupid Capital One commercials -- the ones with the alternatively-employed berserkers -- are discontinued.