here's one sign that it's christmas in thunder bay: some knob cuts a tree off someone else's property. every year, some assfuck, realizing that it's reached crunchtime and they don't want to fork over ten or twenty dollars for a tree, goes around their neighbourhood, looks at what trees there are in people's yards, cuts it down and runs away, leaving the homeowner aghast that a part of their home has been pilfered away. a few years back, i remember seeing the result of a truck that drove through a fence to fall a tree, leaving a trail of destruction for the holiday season. most of the time, these bastards are caught, so here's hoping.

meanwhile, here's actual christmas cheer on my part: two 20 songs for 2002.

and now, my christmas message.