L’esprit de l’escalier

I'm slowly recovering from my two-week H1N1/pneumonia vacation. I worked a half day today and will be back in again tomorrow. I'm not really sure how much use I am there, but at least I'm not working on anything too complex.

Here are a few of the Christmasy things I've collected for you during my convalescence:

• It is time for annual PNC Wealth Management Christmas Price Index.
  
  
• DJ Riko's Merry Mixmas 2009 will hopefully be out soon.
  
  
• Tor.com has declared that December belongs to Cthulhu and are featuring some seasonally-appropriate fiction this month -- including a new Laundry story from Charlie Stross.
  
  
• Finally, here's a classic from a decade ago: Heywood Banks' "Christmas Box." Considering the present economy, I think it is appropriate.