As a Jew, what better activity for me to engage in on Christmas eve than to provide frivolous and potentially entertaining blog posts that won’t be read until our readers are long since disappointed with their presents . To wit, this link to Paper Cuts, the New York Times blog about books (sounds enthusiasitically alliterative: “I’m just so blog about books!”). Children’s author Jon Scieszka is offered as inspiration to all to unveil their long ago, youthful knuckleheaded acts. Comment revelation number 27 is that of your scribe. Ah, the salutary effects of Lebanese blonde hash and Liebfraumilch.

AJA