Sheesh, I stay away for a few weeks, dealing with a personal crisis and what happens? People all yappin' and scrappin' with each other? Can't I leave you guys alone to play nice?
Anyway, I wanted to share with you with my version of "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year", since I have a newfound sensitivity to other cultures and beliefs:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all;
and...
A fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great, (not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country or is the only "AMERICA" in the western hemisphere), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or sexual preference of the wisher.
...and to all, a goodnight.
Kissing and making up,
Wasasister