Merry Happy!

I would like to take a break from my break to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Festivus, Kwanzaa, or whatever combination of the aforementioned holidays you choose to celebrate.

Of course, my break from blogging was unannounced, which I somewhat regret. In the past three weeks, I faced finals, my little brother's graduation ceremony from the University of Texas, a return to Mexico for the Holidays, as well as assorted family visits.

Additionally, we saw the debut of Three Jews and a Mexican II: Three Jews and One Hundred Million Mexicans. Six days ago, the Three Jews came to visit my humble country. I am happy to report that they are all now back safely in the United States, missing a few pesos but, more importantly, retaining all their fingers and toes.

At a later time I will, of course, chronicle some of the events that took place on the trip, from our crashing a Mexican State Congress Legislative Session to our encounter with Meditating Manuel at the top of a Totonac pyramid in Teotihuacan to that lunch where all Three Jews had what are probably not Kosher grasshopper tacos.

Again, I apologize for the lack of material lately. I was either too busy with exams -- at one point I undertook the extraordinary step of erasing my Games folder on my computer so spider solitaire would not tempt me -- or too relaxed on vacation. I will resume regular blogging duties in the New Year.

Until then.

Please Insult the Suspect

At court this morning, I witnessed the following exchange:

Attorney: Can you describe the woman you saw engaged in the fight?
Witness: Yes. She was a white woman in her mid-forties, maybe fifties. She had dyed blond hair, I think it might have originally been brown or black. And she was, uh, moderately to fairly overweight.
Attorney: Is that person in the courtroom today?
Witness: Yes.
Attorney: Can you point her out, for the record?
Witness: Yes. She is the woman in the purple jacket glaring at me.

Ok, so she didn't say "glaring at me" but she really should have.

Random Video of the Day LXXVII

New York, New York, it's a hell of a town.