Merry Christmas To All!

Hey everyone,

I'm going to be out-of-commission for a week (or maybe longer), and although I may check my blog and leave comments on occasion, I'll have no time to leave any new posts. However, I wanted to end the year with a hearty cheer ("YAYYYYYYY!") and a special message to each and every single one of you.

Unfortunately, as I don't have all your addresses or phone numbers (or even names, most of you), I have decided to settle for providing each of you with a small message of love.* Again, since many of you pass by every so often and many of you don't even leave any comments to let me know you've been here, I have gone by my list of linked bloggers, over there on the right. I have also alphabetised the greetings, so you can skip to your own if you don't want to read them all.

* Love not included.

If you reckon you were left off this list unfairly, feel free to email me.** My email address is on the right hand side of this page as well, towards the top. Good luck to you.

** This doesn't include you, Mr Kahfarknarkle.

So anyway, in alphabetical order, here's a special Christmas message to you all, starting with "My Nasty Friends", and then moving on to "My Nice Friends":


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Dear Adam, thanks for crowning me THE FIRST ANNUAL BLOGGOLYMPIC ROCK-PAPER-SCISSORS CHAMPION OF THE ENTIRE WORLD!

Dear Ang, thanks for all the punctuation banter.

Dear Anna A Spades, thanks for all the under-age swearing.

Dear Auburn, thanks for being neither red or green.

Dear CBomb, thanks for the Rowlf jigsaw puzzle.

Dear Cape Man, thanks for spurring me on.

Dear Chai, thanks for generally being willing.

Dear ChickyBabe, thanks for the compliments.

Dear Clem Barstow, thanks for being funky and fresh.

Dear Clokeeeey, thanks for spurring me on.

Dear Cotton, thanks for the thumbs-up.

Dear Djali, thanks for keeping me in check.

Dear Drowning In Jello, thanks for being a friendly competitor.

Dear Dxxxx, thanks for explaining what the xxxx stood for. (It's not as rude as you might expect.)

Dear Elaine, thanks for leaving the first comment on my blog.

Dear Fluffy, thanks for the support.

Dear Gav, thanks for the insight.

Dear Gianluca Di Milano, thanks for your very unique take on Australian / Austrian matters.

Dear Gregory Surlyboy, thanks for not being too surly at all.

Dear Gun Street Girl, thanks for excellent answers to the meme I tagged you for.

Dear Her Radicalness, thanks for keeping me on my toes.

Dear Jellyfish Online, thanks for visiting Kranki on behalf of the rest of us.

Dear Jess Ausculture, thanks for promoting Australian culture to the world.

Dear Jobe, thanks for being cruel.

Dear Kranki-Pants, thanks for encouraging me when I was stupid / crazed / a blogging junkie / needy / a groupie / emotionally unsettling / desperate / hurting / cute.

Dear La Nadine, thanks for being the first person to link to my blog.

Dear LadyCracker, thanks for your wonderful opinions.

Dear Little Fairie Girl, thanks for the books and the CD review (part one, anyway!).

Dear Locket, thanks for your generous attitude.

Dear Magical_M, thanks for being so lovely (if a little too hard on yourself at times).

Dear MeghansDiscontent, thanks for the fierce competition / lovely comradery.

Dear Melbourne Girl, thanks for the friendship (and for indulging my obsession!).

Dear Ms Fits, thanks for getting me started on this whole blogging thing.

Dear Muffin, thanks for being a broken link as I wrote this.

Dear Peter, thanks for asking me to have a look at the article.

Dear Quirkie, thanks for being a graceful loser on Kranki's blog.

Dear Roguemaze, thanks for just bein' there.

Dear Rowena, thanks for the enlightening comments.

Dear Sally Smart, thanks for your insightful posts.

Dear Sarah, thanks for making me laugh.

Dear SBR, thanks for promising me a copy of The Muppet Movie soundtrack. (PS - Where is it?!)

Dear Scary As A Kitten, thanks for the sage words you post on your blog.

Dear Sheriff of Nothing, thanks for the laptop and the X-box.

Dear Sherriff, thanks for not being afraid to misspell the word 'Sheriff'.

Dear Steph, thanks for refusing to accept that I'm not Jobe (but I'm honestly not).

Dear Sublime-ation, thanks for being so ... sublime ...

Dear Suzanne, thanks for returning to me / us / me.

Dear Thomasr, thanks for not complaining that I've put the wrong link to your blog on my list. (I need you to post another comment so I can get the right link 'cos I stuffed it up and I can't find your comment again - it was ages ago.)

Dear Tuppence, thanks for keeping an eye on our little under-age swearer.

Dear Punographic Contributors, thanks for not posting anything in four months. It's meant I can get more work done. :)

Dear Adie & Noshie, so long ... and thanks for all the fish.

Dear Channy, thanks for reviewing Melbourne's best parmas / house-sitting / cat-minding.

Dear Logan, thanks for your silence.

Dear Riss, thanks for joining me in this crazy blogosphere.


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Merry Christmas to you all!

Speak to you in the new year, if not before.

Stay safe.



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