Back From Vegas. Merry Christmas.

Obviously, joy will break out across the land today as Wonker has returned from Vegas still solvent and nearly ready to resume blogging. Since it's already past Thanksgiving, we at HazZzMat can now welcome you to the beginning of the CHRISTMAS SEASON. Yes indeed, that happy time of the year when we get to be politically correct and use that widely-banned term to describe our favorite, er, "holiday."