We're back! We hope you've had a good start to the New Year, and your boss "didn't send you down to the sub-basement to get last year's financials then lock up and go on a month-long vacation". Ha ha! Wouldn't that be funny! It would be funnier if when he got back, and you had managed to escape by digging through solid rock with a spoon, you then barricaded him into his office with no pants, 10-year old stale cat food to eat and a horde of howler monkeys outside his window. We're pretty sure that if we were ever able to form a union around here, we'd all be in jail. In any event, without our editor around to bug us, we can get back to work and settle into our normal, productive business environment. We might need a few more howler monkeys.

All the best to you in 2006!