Off to Milan for a few days of leisure. I’ll try to check in from time to time.

Commenters, please be patient. We haven’t yet worked out all the bugs that have afflicted the transition to this new site. Some comments still have to be manually approved. Be assured: only spam and trolls are excluded, and if neither are you, then it’s blogsite growing pains.

Prince James Bow is still plugging away. Check out his recent entries for updates. And be nice to my co-bloggers.

Let me leave you with this utterly heartwarming vid, via Jay Currie, just to get some of you into the proper holiday spirit.

Arrivederci, e ci vediamo.