Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

1. Christgau's Consumer Guide is back! If you think I'm on his jock, you're absofuckinglutely right. No one's influenced me more as a writer.

2. Ciara's new album, Ciara: The Evolution, is rather kinda smokin'. Full review to come somwhere, somehow.

3. Holiday luncheons at work with free-flowing beers, wine, and margaritas (and great lemon bars, but I digress) make it a wonderful world, indeed.